The Bible As/in Literature,9780673294241

The Bible As/in Literature

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780673294241
ISBN10: 0673294242
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1995-06-01
Publisher(s): PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP
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Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Stories from the Beginning
Creation: Heaven and Earth
3(4)
Genesis
Creation: In the Garden
7(3)
Genesis
The Creation
10(3)
James Weldon Johnson
Heaven and Earth in Jest
13(5)
Annie Dillard
Forbidden Fruit
18(4)
Genesis
Original Sequence
22(2)
Philip Booth
Eden is that old-fashioned House
24(5)
Emily Dickinson
Extracts from Adam's Diary
29(7)
Mark Twain
New World
36(2)
Derek Walcott
The First Murder
38(3)
Genesis
Cain
41(16)
Howard Nemerov
The Great Flood
57(9)
Genesis
Noah's Prayer
66(1)
Carmen Bernos de Gatztold
Rumer Godden
Noah
67(1)
David Ignatow
Babel: The City and the Tower
68(3)
Genesis
Ancestors of Israel
Abraham: A Promise, a Test
71(7)
Genesis
Sarah
78(1)
Delmore Schwartz
The Parable of the Old Men and the Young
79(1)
Wilfred Owen
The Father
80(4)
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Rasmus B. Anderson
Jacob: In Pursuit of Blessing
84(7)
Genesis
The Jacob's Ladder
91(1)
Denise Levertov
Joseph: Favored and Cast Down
92(5)
Genesis
Joseph: His Brothers' Keeper
97(12)
Genesis
From Slavery to Freedom
Moses: The Calling of a Leader
109(6)
Exodus
Go Down, Moses
115(1)
Spiritual
Challenging Pharaoh
116(8)
Exodus
Moses
124(1)
Lucille Clifton
Runagate Runagate
125(3)
Robert Hayden
In the Wilderness
128(14)
Exodus
Deuteronomy
The Latest Decalogue
142(1)
Arthur Hugh Clough
The Murder of Moses
143(3)
Karl Shapiro
from The Tables of the Law
146(7)
Thomas Mann
H. T. Lowe-Porter
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
153(2)
Spiritual
Israel's Youthful Days
Deborah and Jael: Victory for Israel
155(5)
Judges
Sisera
160(1)
Muriel Spark
The Story of Samson
161(8)
Judges
How Samson Bore Away the Gates of Gaza
169(3)
Vachel Lindsay
The Story of Ruth
172(7)
Ruth
Women
179(2)
Louise Bogan
Anointed Kings
Saul: The Mighty Are Fallen
181(8)
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
The Death of Kings
189(1)
William Shakespeare
David: Young Champion of Israel
190(6)
2 Samuel
After Goliath
196(6)
Kingsley Amis
David and Bathsheba
202(4)
2 Samuel
The Rebellion of Absalom
206(5)
2 Samuel
God's Prophets
Elijah: The Only One Left
211(9)
1 Kings
Amos: Let Justice Roll Down
220(5)
Amos
Prophets for a New Day
225(3)
Margaret Walker
Jonah: A Reluctant Prophet
228(5)
Jonah
Jonah
233(2)
Enrique Lihn
Miller Williams
It Should Happen to a Dog
235(12)
Wolf Mankowitz
Varieties of Biblical Poetry
A Song of Trust
247(1)
Psalms
A Song of Zion
248(2)
Psalms
i thank You God
250(1)
E. E. Cummings
Songs of Lament
251(3)
Lamentations
Psalms
A Song of Comfort
254(3)
Isaiah
Sayings of the Wise
257(4)
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
A Time for Everything
261(2)
Ecclesiastes
A Song of Love / Song of Solomon
263(2)
A Hymn to Love
265(4)
1 Corinthians
Why Do the Righteous Suffer?
The Story of Job
269(15)
Job
from A Masque of Reason
284(2)
Robert Frost
The Prologue in Heaven
286(5)
H. G. Wells
Job
291(2)
Elizabeth Sewell
from J. B.
293(9)
Archibald MacLeish
New Hampshire, February
302(3)
Richard Eberhart
In the Midst of the Enemy
The Victory of Judith
305(8)
Judith
The Rescue of Susanna
313(5)
Daniel
The Fiery Furnace
318(4)
Daniel
Belshazzar's Feast
322(3)
Daniel
In a Den of Lions
325(8)
Daniel
Esther
333(8)
Esther
Jesus: Birth and Early Ministry
Where Is He Who Has Been Born King?
341(6)
Luke
Matthew
Journey of the Magi
347(2)
T. S. Eliot
Nativity
349(2)
Aquah Laluah
To Jesus on His Birthday
351(1)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Some say that ever `gainst that season comes
352(1)
William Shakespeare
Is This Not the Carpenter?
353(8)
Mark
John
The Jesus Infection
361(2)
Maxine Kumin
from A Life of Jesus
363(12)
Shusaku Endo
Jesus: Teachings, Death, and Resurrection
The Sermon on the Mount
375(5)
Matthew
In Place of a Curse
380(1)
John Ciardi
Parables
381(6)
Luke
Matthew
The Prodigal Son
387(1)
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Last Days in Jerusalem
388(9)
Luke
Mark
Matthew
Saint Judas
397(1)
James Wright
Ben Tobit
398(5)
Leonid Andreyev
The Making of the Cross
403(6)
Brother Antoninus
Simon the Cyrenian Speaks
409(1)
Countee Cullen
from Barabbas
410(6)
Par Lagerkvist
Alan Blair
The Tomb Is Empty
416(5)
Luke
In the End of Days
The Earth Is Broken
421(2)
Isaiah
Marvelous Visions
423(3)
Revelation
Daniel
Scenes from the Final Judgment
426(3)
Revelation
A New Heaven, a New Earth
429(4)
Revelation
Isaiah
Epistle to Be Left in the Earth
433(2)
Archibald MacLeish
The Masque of the Red Death
435(7)
Edgar Allan Poe
Rise and Shine
442(2)
Richmond Lattimore
Appendix
A Brief History of the Bible
444(4)
Timeline of Bible Events
448(2)
Maps
450(3)
A Sampler of Bible Translations
453(3)
Handbook of Bible Stories and Biblical Expressions
456(11)
Acknowledgments 467(2)
Pronunciation Key 469(1)
Index 470

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