Bible and Poetry, by Michael Edwards

Author: Michael Edwards. Review by Simon Webb

Light, wind, fire, all natural phenomena, brush against the invisible and open this world to another that, always present, suffuses it...' | Photo: Book cover of Bible and Poetry, by Michael Edwards

This book begins with the bold assertion that ‘we do not read the Bible as it is meant to be read’. After a sentence that casts shade on traditional theological approaches, its author goes on to explain that it’s ‘the presence of poetry in the Bible’ that is ‘the key to a more pertinent and faithful reading’.

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