East-West Poetry
Title | East-West Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Bidney |
Publisher | Global Academic Publishing |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2009-01-01 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1586842757 |
Poetry that responds to the Quran and to the tradition it created. Written for the general reader and the specialist, Muslim and non-Muslim, East-West Poetry responds to the Quran, scriptural heart of Islam, and to the tradition it created. An introduction relates the Quran to Hebrew and Christian biblical writing and to Rumi, who illumined the Quran with Sufi mystic wisdom; and we sample earlier Western poetic celebrations of Islamic culture. Rarely has a book been so timely as this one. It is an East-West collection that comes at just the right moment in our cultural history, now that America is reawakening to the plenitude of its varied traditions. The double role of the books author as researcher and poet benefits the reader of the 140 Islam-related lyrics offered here. Katharina Mommsen Martin Bidney has [brought] the Christian Gospel and the Muslim Quran together with the Torah to form a luminous torch of love and understanding. Khalil Semaan
Hymns from East and West. Being Translations from the Poetry of the Latin and Greek Churches, Etc
Title | Hymns from East and West. Being Translations from the Poetry of the Latin and Greek Churches, Etc PDF eBook |
Author | John Brownlie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | Hymns, Greek |
ISBN |
Hymns of the Eastern Church
Title | Hymns of the Eastern Church PDF eBook |
Author | John Mason Neale |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1862 |
Genre | Hymns, English |
ISBN |
The Poems of Phillis Wheatley
Title | The Poems of Phillis Wheatley PDF eBook |
Author | Phillis Wheatley |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 98 |
Release | 2012-03-15 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0486115291 |
At the age of 19, Phillis Wheatley was the first black American poet to publish a book. Her elegies and odes offer fascinating glimpses of the beginnings of African-American literary traditions. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Hymns of the Holy Eastern Church
Title | Hymns of the Holy Eastern Church PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 154 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | Hymns, English |
ISBN |
Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia
Title | Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey Wickes |
Publisher | University of California Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2019-09-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0520302869 |
Ephrem the Syrian was one of the founding voices in Syriac literature. While he wrote in a variety of genres, the bulk of his work took the form of madrashe, a Syriac genre of musical poetry or hymns. In Bible and Poetry in Late Antique Mesopotamia, Jeffrey Wickes offers a thoroughly contextualized study of Ephrem’s magnum opus, the Hymns on Faith, delivered in response to the theological controversies that followed the First Council of Nicaea. The ensuing doctrinal divisions had tremendous impact on the course of Christianity and led in part to the development of a uniquely Syriac Church, in which Ephrem would become a central figure. Drawing on literary, ritual, and performance theories, Bible and Poetry shows how Ephrem used the Syriac Bible to construct and conceive of himself and his audience. In so doing, Wickes resituates Ephrem in a broader early Christian context and contributes to discussions of literature and religion in late antiquity.
Love Poems from God
Title | Love Poems from God PDF eBook |
Author | Various |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 2002-09-24 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9780142196120 |
Sacred poetry from twelve mystics and saints, rendered brilliantly by Daniel Ladinsky, beloved interpreter of verses by the fourteenth-century Persian poet Hafiz One of 6 Books Oprah Loves to Give as Gifts During the Holidays “All kinds of beautiful poetry.” –Hoda Kotb In this luminous collection, Daniel Ladinsky—best known for his bestselling interpretations of the great Sufi poet Hafiz—brings together the timeless work of twelve of the world’s finest spiritual writers, six from the East and six from the West. Once again, Ladinsky reveals his talent for creating profound and playful renditions of classic poems for a modern audience. Rumi’s joyous, ecstatic love poems; St. Francis’s loving observations of nature through the eyes of Catholicism; Kabir’s wild, freeing humor that synthesizes Hindu, Muslim, and Christian beliefs; St. Teresa’s sensual verse; and the mystical, healing words of Sufi poet Hafiz—these along with inspiring works by Rabia, Meister Eckhart, St. Thomas Aquinas, Mira, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and Tukaram are all “love poems by God” from writers considered “conduits of the divine.” Together, they form a spiritual treasure to cherish always.