Creator, Are You Listening? - Israeli Poets on God and Prayer

Informationen zum Autor David C. Jacobson Klappentext The poetry appears in the original Hebrew as well as Jacobson's graceful English translations. Zusammenfassung Presents an anthology that examines the search for God in the work of six prominent Israeli poets - Yehuda Amichai, Admiel Kosman, Rivka Miriam, Zelda Mishkovsky, Hava Pinhas-Cohen, and Asher Reich. This book explores the central role that poetry has always played and continues to play in our understanding of the religious experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Religious Dimension of Israeli Poetry 1. Zelda Mishkovsky: "The small garden showed me signs that His mercies never cease." Signs of God's Presence within Nature 3. Asher Reich: "Perhaps He'll answer me this time." On the Possibility of Relating to God 4. Rivka Miriam: "For a person is a prayer." Innovative Metaphors for God 5. Hava Pinhas-Cohen: "To the place where love has a manifest name." The Individual Spiritual Path 6. Admiel Kosman: "Creator, aren't You listening?" The Human and the Divine Conclusion: Israeli Poetry and the Possibility of Religious Discourse in a Secular Age Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: David C. Jacobson, Jacobson David C
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.2007
• EAN: 9780253348180
• ISBN: 978-0-253-34818-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Jewish Literature & Culture (H; Jewish Literature and Culture; Jewish Literature & Culture (H; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures