Genesis in Poetry
eBook - ePub

Genesis in Poetry

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Genesis in Poetry

About this book

If you are searching for a straightforward retelling of the book of Genesis in a modern idiom, this is not the book for you. If you are looking exclusively for a poetic rendering of the simple text, you've picked up the wrong book. If you are primarily after a textual commentary, you'll expect one that is far more expansive. If, however, you are after a lively, dramatic, highly original, and entertaining retelling of the Genesis stories in rhymed verse, which skillfully synthesizes both critical literary analysis and exotic, folkloristic, and occasionally whimsical elements--then this book is a must! The general reader will be charmed by what one influential British poet, Ann Sansom, has described as its "close rhymes and steady rhythm [which] are indeed very musical." The student of Bible and folklore will be especially interested in the detailed "Notes to the Text," providing the sources for and rationales of the many supplements to the familiar traditional text.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Introduction
  3. CREATION
  4. ADAM
  5. EVE
  6. GARDEN OF EDEN
  7. LILITH AND THE SERPENT
  8. EATING OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT
  9. CAIN & ABEL
  10. NOAH AND THE ARK
  11. LIFE IN THE ARK
  12. TESTING THE WATERS
  13. NOAH’S LAST DAYS
  14. TOWER OF BABEL
  15. ABRAM DISCOVERS GOD
  16. ABRAM AND THE PROMISED LAND
  17. SARAI IN PERIL
  18. ABRAM AND LOT
  19. WARS OF THE KINGS
  20. SARAI AND HAGAR
  21. CIRCUMCISION AND A CHANGE OF NAME
  22. VISIT OF THE THREE ANGELS
  23. SODOM AND GOMORRAH
  24. LOT AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITIES
  25. LOT AND HIS DAUGHTERS
  26. ISAAC AND ISHMAEL
  27. BINDING OF ISAAC
  28. DEATH AND BURIAL OF SARAH
  29. PURCHASE OF CAVE OF MACHPELAH
  30. A WIFE FOR ISAAC
  31. JACOB AND ESAU
  32. PURCHASE OF THE BIRTHRIGHT
  33. ISAAC IN ADVERSITY AND PROSPERITY
  34. JACOB, ESAU AND THE BIRTHRIGHT
  35. JACOB’S FLIGHT AND THE DREAM OF THE LADDER
  36. APPROACHING LABAN’S HOME
  37. JACOB AT LABAN’S HOME
  38. REUBEN AND THE MANDRAKES
  39. FAREWELL TO LABAN’S HOME
  40. JACOB AND ESAU’S REUNION
  41. WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL
  42. THE JACOB-ESAU ENCOUNTER
  43. DINAH
  44. DEATH OF RACHEL
  45. REUBEN AND BILHAH
  46. JOSEPH
  47. JOSEPH’S DREAMS
  48. KIDNAPPING AND SALE OF JOSEPH
  49. JUDAH AND TAMAR
  50. JOSEPH IN EGYPT
  51. THE BUTLER AND THE BAKER
  52. PHARAOH’S DREAMS
  53. JOSEPH’S RISE TO POWER
  54. REUNION OF JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS
  55. ALLEGATION OF ESPIONAGE!
  56. A RUSE TO BRING BENJAMIN TO EGYPT
  57. FURTHER TRIALS FOR THE BROTHERS
  58. JOSEPH DISCLOSES HIS IDENTITY
  59. JACOB AND FAMILY SETTLE IN EGYPT
  60. JACOB’S LAST DAYS
  61. JACOB’S DEATHBED BLESSING
  62. DEATH AND BURIAL OF JACOB
  63. THE BROTHERS’ APPREHENSION
  64. JOSEPH’S FINAL FAREWELL
  65. Notes to the Text
  66. NOTES