Poetry of Ancient Israel" poetical translations of biblical poetry books into Russian (the book of Job, Lamentations, Song of Songs), three prophetic books (Micah, Nahum, Chavakook), as well as poetical fragments of prose books of the Pentateuch and the Prophets: prayers of Hannah, Jonah, King Hezekiah, David's Lament for Jonathan and Shaul, the Song of the Prophetess Deborah, the Balaam's blessings, the Song of Moses at the Red Sea and his last Homily.
Poetical translations follow the Jewish tradition of commentaries and transmit the poetic merits of the original.