Robert Atwan is the founder and series editor of the annual Best
American Essays. The editor of numerous anthologies, he has written
on the ancient literature of the Near East and his critical essays
and poetry reviews have appeared in many national periodicals.
Laurance Wieder is the author of several volumes of poetry,
including The Coronet of Tours; No Harm Done; The Last Century:
Selected
Poems; and One Hundred Fifty Psalms, a complete psalter. He has
taught Bible and Ancient Authors at Cornell University.
'The editor's range has been extremely wide ... I cannot imagine
the work as a whole being better done.' Peter Levi, Catholic
Herald
A wealth of literature and poetry is collected by Robert Atwan in
these volumes which will last the reader for many years. In common
with all anthologies there is a great deal which can be found in
other collections. It follows a great tradition of such books and
will prove to be a valuable devotional aid, much appreciated by
those with wider poetic appreciation.' John Dale, Methodist
Recorder
'Every now and again an anthology appears which manages to open
one's eyes to a new aspect of literature. This two-volume
collection is one such, a thick, rich anthology of poetry inspired
by the Bible. Imagine the difference if you gave this to your
vicar. As he prepared the week's sermon, besides looking up the
Hebrew or Greek meaning, he could also choose a relevant piece of
poetry. Even if the sermon was rubbish, the congregation would get
a bit of decent verse.' The Sign, February 1994
'Now that so many readers come to literature entirely ignorant of
its Christian heritage, this collection fills an unfortunately
necessary gap.' English Studies, Volume 75, Number 6, November 1994
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