The Bible and Poetry
Edwards, Michael / Lewis, Stephen E.
A fresh, provocative look at the link between poetry and Christianity, both as it relates to the Bible itself as well as Christian and religious life, by an accomplished scholar. The Bible is full of poems. It includes the Psalms and the Song of Songs of course, but poetry plays an immense part in the prophets and shows up in the historical books of the Old Testament. The New Testament, for its part, reverberates with allusions to the poetry o...