The Song of Songs: A New Translation With an Introduction and Commentary - Brossura

Bloch, Ariel

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ISBN 10: 0520213300 ISBN 13: 9780520213302

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 1998

Riassunto

The Song of Songs, often referred to as the Song of Solomon, is one of the greatest love poems of all time. In their lyrical new translation, Ariel Bloch and Chana Bloch restore the sensuousness of the original language and strip away the veils of mistranslation that have obscured the power and meaning of the poem. Presented en face, this translation is scrupulously faithful to the Hebrew text.

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L'autore:

Ariel Bloch is Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.Chana Bloch is a poet, translator, scholar, and literary critic. She is Professor of English and Director of the creative writing program at Mills College.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

"Quite simply the best version in the English language. Its poetic voice, intimate, dignified, and informed by meticulous scholarship, carries us into the Eden of the original Hebrew text: a world in which the sexual awakening of two unmarried lovers is celebrated with a sensuality and a richness of music that are thrilling beyond words."Stephen Mitchell

"Ariel and Chana Bloch have succeeded in an extraordinarily difficult task. This is the best and most enjoyable translation of the Song of Songs that I know. Their notes, too, offer excellent insights to readers who know Hebrew and, for that matter, to those who do not."Elaine Pagels

"[This] translation is lucid and direct, and has a lyrical purity that is delightful. It seems to me a model of how such work may be done."W. S. Merwin

"Chana and Ariel Bloch's translation, a rare conjunction of refined poetic resourcefulness and philological precision, brings us closer to the magical freshness of this ancient Hebrew love poetry than has any other English version."Robert Alter

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0520213300
• ISBN 13: 9780520213302
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 253
• Redattore: Bloch Chana