Genesis as it is written : contemporary writers on our first stories /
Genesis as it is written : contemporary writers on our first stories / [print]
edited and introduced by David Rosenberg.
- first edition.
- San Francisco, California : HarperSan Francisco, (c)1996.
- vi, 212 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: As It Is Written Grace Schulman on the Story of the Creation Poet -- Madison Smartt Bell on the Story of the Days of Creation -- Arthur Miller on the Story of Adam and Eve -- Michael Dorris on the Story of Abel -- Ron Hansen on the Story of Cain -- David Mamet on the Story of Noach -- David Shapiro on the Story of the Tower of Babel -- James Carroll on the Story of Abraham -- Alfred Corn on the Story of Lot -- Phillip Lopate on the Story of Abraham and Sarah -- Norma Rosen on the Story of Sarah's Late Pregnancy -- Lore Segal on the Story of Sarah and Hagar -- Geoffrey Hartman on the Story of Isaac's Sacrifice -- Clarence Major on the Story of Rebekah -- Kathleen Norris on the Story of Rebekah as a Mother -- Allegra Goodman on the Story of Rachel -- Edward Hirsch on the Story of Jacob's Wrestling with an Angel -- Leonard Michaels on the Story of Judah and Tamar -- Francine Prose on the Story of Joseph in Egypt. David Rosenberg --
Unlike any other stories in our culture, those in the book of Genesis confront us with provoking scenes of love and death, stark allegiances and subtle betrayals. At first glance, these narratives may seem straightforward, but as we reread and delve more deeply into them they begin to resonate with new meaning and they force us to reexamine our understanding of the social, ethical, and political landscape in which we live. But in the beginning were the writers of the stories. Over the centuries, the morals and meanings that traditional readings have attached to the stories of Genesis effectively obscured the contemporary culture that produced them. Even experts and commentators have tended to miss the point: they all agree that Genesis is special, but the question of why the book was written has never properly addressed. Now, for the first time, twenty of our leading literary lights - novelists, poets, dramatists, and essayists - turn their attention to a particular story in Genesis and comment on it from the perspective of the storyteller. Together, they begin to discover the imaginative sensibilities of the ancient writer, as the very motivations of the biblical authors and their characters come to light. The result is a stunningly realized literary collection that will forever change they way you read the Bible's first stories.
9780060667061 9780060667368
96022427
Bible as literature.
BS1235 BS1235.R813.G464 1996
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: As It Is Written Grace Schulman on the Story of the Creation Poet -- Madison Smartt Bell on the Story of the Days of Creation -- Arthur Miller on the Story of Adam and Eve -- Michael Dorris on the Story of Abel -- Ron Hansen on the Story of Cain -- David Mamet on the Story of Noach -- David Shapiro on the Story of the Tower of Babel -- James Carroll on the Story of Abraham -- Alfred Corn on the Story of Lot -- Phillip Lopate on the Story of Abraham and Sarah -- Norma Rosen on the Story of Sarah's Late Pregnancy -- Lore Segal on the Story of Sarah and Hagar -- Geoffrey Hartman on the Story of Isaac's Sacrifice -- Clarence Major on the Story of Rebekah -- Kathleen Norris on the Story of Rebekah as a Mother -- Allegra Goodman on the Story of Rachel -- Edward Hirsch on the Story of Jacob's Wrestling with an Angel -- Leonard Michaels on the Story of Judah and Tamar -- Francine Prose on the Story of Joseph in Egypt. David Rosenberg --
Unlike any other stories in our culture, those in the book of Genesis confront us with provoking scenes of love and death, stark allegiances and subtle betrayals. At first glance, these narratives may seem straightforward, but as we reread and delve more deeply into them they begin to resonate with new meaning and they force us to reexamine our understanding of the social, ethical, and political landscape in which we live. But in the beginning were the writers of the stories. Over the centuries, the morals and meanings that traditional readings have attached to the stories of Genesis effectively obscured the contemporary culture that produced them. Even experts and commentators have tended to miss the point: they all agree that Genesis is special, but the question of why the book was written has never properly addressed. Now, for the first time, twenty of our leading literary lights - novelists, poets, dramatists, and essayists - turn their attention to a particular story in Genesis and comment on it from the perspective of the storyteller. Together, they begin to discover the imaginative sensibilities of the ancient writer, as the very motivations of the biblical authors and their characters come to light. The result is a stunningly realized literary collection that will forever change they way you read the Bible's first stories.
9780060667061 9780060667368
96022427
Bible as literature.
BS1235 BS1235.R813.G464 1996