THE BOOK OF J. by Harold Bloom translated by David Rosenberg ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 30, A fresh and lively translation, with extensive, provocative, and, likely, inflammatory commentary by Bloom, of the Book of J—the seminal text of the first five books of the Bible; a text, most biblical scholars agree, written around B.C. by an unknown bltadwin.ru: Kirkus Reviews. In The Book of J, Bloom and Rosenberg draw the J text out of the surrounding material and present it as the seminal classic that it is. In addition to Rosenberg's original translations, Bloom argues in several essays that "J" was not a religious writer but a fierce ironist and a Cited by: The Book of J. J is the title that scholars ascribe to the nameless writer they believe is responsible for the text, written between , on which Genesis, Exodus Numbers is based. In The Book of J, Bloom Rosenberg draw the J text out of the surrounding material present it /5.
MLA Referencing. Oxford Referencing. Vancouver Referencing. / Our experts will hear you call for help, asking, "write my essay online," as soon as you place an order with us. This is the The Book Of J|Harold Bloom first step you need to take to receive our spotless assistance. On Time Delivery. / Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than thirty books include The Best Poems of the English Language, The Art of Reading Poetry, and The Book of J. The Book of J_Harold Bloom_ H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness_Ivan Illich_ Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Like this: Like Loading Search for: Follow Blog via Email.
Although ostensibly a book of literary criticism, Bloom’s Book Of J, does more than stake out a claim for the J writer as one of the giants in Western literary history, he also uses his interpretation of the Book Of J to attack what he refers to as the “normative tradition” of Christianity and Judaism: the Yahweh depicted in the Book of J does not provide the foundation for the Judaeo-Christian ethic, nor for many other ideals that we associate with Christianity. The book contains both introductory essays on authorship, a discussion of the theory of different texts being used to make up the books of the Bible (the Documentary Hypothesis), some historical context, and translation bltadwin.ru bulk of the book consists of David Rosenberg's new translation of the J text, that text having been separated and isolated from the other source texts of the Torah (first five books of the Bible).The concluding section contains essays by Bloom on different. Online shopping from a great selection at Books Store.
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