The Song of Songs: The World's First Great Love Poem (Modern Library Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (564 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812976207 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Curt Weinstein said It's not RASHI. If you want to move past Rashi (who's he?) and take a look at the naked words complied by an artist -- this is the version to use.. Amazon Customer said Hebrew and English together printed in a fine format. Such a beauty and translation! Publisher did well with this masterpiece! It was in excellent condition.. Fine Translation, Thin Volume Sauropod The Blochs' translation is concise, elegant, and strikes the right balance between contemporary explicitness and classical reserve. Some of the textual choices are debatable, and the translation often departs from literalness, sometimes omitting entire lines -- but the overall result is fresh and exciting; this nuanced rendition really brings the Song to life.One thing to be aware of is that, other than the poem itself, a brief introduction, and some brief remarks by Robert Alter, the text consists mostly of very detailed translators' no
The Blochs say the speakers in this poem "don't suffer love, they savor it." Their translation, overflowing with full--almost to the point of florid--feeling ("Feast, friends, and drink / till you are drunk with love!"), arrives at a time when many Jews and Christians are opening themselves to the religious dimensions of sexuality and human love. --Michael Joseph Gross. Its introduction is an accessible, sophisticated, entertaining, and comprehensive orientation to the literary and religious history of the Song of Songs. Song of Songs has a great deal to teach us; this translation is sure to attract many eager students. Ariel and Chana Bloch's new translati
Composed more than two thousand years ago, this book of the Old Testament is not only an essential religious and literary text, but also a source of inspiration to modern-day poets and lovers. Enhanced by an Afterword by the esteemed scholar Robert Alter and a new Foreword from the noted translator Stephen Mitchell, this definitive volume showcases Chana Bloch and Ariel Bloch’s sensuous translation which has “a lyrical purity that is delightful” (W. Merwin).. “Next to Genesis, no book in the Hebrew Bible has had a stronger influence on Western literature than the Song of Songs.”–The New York Review of BooksOne of the greatest love poems ever written, The Song of Songs celebrates the sexual awakening of a young woman and her lover and the intoxic