Modern Poems on the Bible: An Anthology

by David Curzon

Modern Poems on the Bible is a collection of imaginative and engaging contemporary responses to the Bible. Guided by the classic rabbinic genre of midrash conceived 1,500 years ago, Curzon chooses poems from Jewish and non-Jewish writers alike and places them beside the biblical passages that were their inspiration. Among the more than 170 poems in this collection are those by some of the great modern poets, including Yeats, Rilke, Auden, and Amichai. There are also poems by master prose Primo Levi, Jorge Luis Borges, and D.H. Lawrence, to name a few.

Genres: Poetry

384 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1993

Reviews

[Annie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book got me through grad school.