Texts to the Holy: Poems Contributor(s): Barenblat, Rachel (Author) |
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ISBN: 193473067X ISBN-13: 9781934730676 Publisher: Ben Yehuda Press OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious - Religion | Judaism - General |
Series: Jewish Poetry Project |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.25 lbs) 82 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "When I wake So begins this latest collection by poet and rabbi Rachel Barenblat. These love songs to an unnamed other capture a God-intoxicated spirituality in plain-spoken language redolent of the Bible yet anchored in modern life. Texts to the Holy follows in the tradition of the Song of Songs, the great Biblical poem that describes love between two human beloveds and is also read as an allegory for the love between us and God. It's in the tradition of the medieval poet Judah ha-Levi, whose writings of yearning for God use human love as a metaphor. And it's in the tradition of Adrienne Rich and Pablo Neruda, whose poems of human love and passion are suffused with awareness of the sanctity of the tangible and the everyday. |