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Vergil (70-19 BCE) wrote the Aeneid, the renowned epic of Roman nationhood. But he himself is a shadowy figure, personally mysterious but publicly mythologized like few other writers. Sarah Ruden uses evidence from Roman life and history alongside Vergil's own writings to make shrewd and careful deductions to reconstruct his life.

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An "electrifying [and] compulsively readable" new translation of the Gospels, destined to become a definitive edition of these canonical texts, from "one of our greatest living translators" (The Christian Science Monitor)"For anyone wanting to read the Gospels anew . . . a welcome and challenging companion."-The New YorkerNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLYSince nearly two millennia ago, the first four books of the New...

A remarkable and accessible new translation of the Gospels, destined to become a definitive edition of these canonical texts, from one of today's most respected translators of ancient literature For millennia, the first four books of the New Testament have not only supported the central tenets of Christianity but have also proved to be formative texts for the modern Western world. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John tell of the life a...

In this dazzling reconsideration of the language of the Old and New Testaments, acclaimed scholar and translator of classical literature Sarah Ruden argues that the Bible's modern translations often lack the clarity and vitality of the originals. Singling out the most famous passages, such as the Genesis creation story, the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Beatitudes, Ruden reexamines and retranslates from the Hebrew and Greek, ill...

Originally published in hardcover ... by Pantheon Books ... New York, in 2010"--T.p. verso.

A dazzling reconsideration of the original languages and texts of the Bible, in both the Old and the New Testaments, from the acclaimed scholar and translator of Classical literature ("The best translation of the Aeneid, certainly the best of our time" -Ursula Le Guin, "The first translation since Dryden that can be read as a great English poem in itself" -Garry Wills, The New York Review of Books) and author of Paul Among the People ("Astonis...

In this new translation of the Homeric Hymns , Sarah Ruden employs a melodious and flexible non-rhyming line of eleven syllables, offering a close approximation of Greek hexameter verse in natural English rhythms. The result is a Homeric Hymns marked by its accuracy, simplicity, and economy of movement. Sheila Murnaghan's Introduction situates the Hymns within the mythological and performative traditions that gave rise to them. Focusing on the...

In this new translation of the Homeric Hymns , Sarah Ruden employs a melodious and flexible non-rhyming line of eleven syllables, offering a close approximation of Greek hexameter verse in natural English rhythms. The result is a Homeric Hymns marked by its accuracy, simplicity, and economy of movement. Sheila Murnaghan's Introduction situates the Hymns within the mythological and performative traditions that gave rise to them. Focusing on the...

A brilliant reconsideration of the Apostle Paul, this work explores the ways in which his writings have been misunderstood and how he has been falsely cast as an authoritarian rule-maker, misogynist, puritan, and cynical social conformist.