On the Perpetual Strangeness of the Bible

by Michael Edwards

The language of the Bible can be beautiful but profoundly elusive, possessing a strangeness that only deepens the committed reader's sense of its impenetrability. Based on the 2022 Richard E. Myers lectures given by renowned literary scholar Michael Edwards--the first Englishman ever elected to the Acad mie fran aise--this book offers a close reading of the Bible itself, directing attention to the text rather than to commentaries or to ostensible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813950538
• ISBN13: 9780813950532
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher