The Book of God: A Response to the Bible-Gabriel Josipovici

Gabriel Josipovici

Is the Bible one book or a collection of writings? If it is a book, does it stand as a coherent piece of literature? In this beautifully written book Gabriel Josipovici answers these questions, drawing on his deep knowledge and appreciation of medieval and modern art and literature and on his personal understanding of the possibilities of narrative. His close textual analysis of the Bible not only lifts literarybiblical criticism to a new level but also makes the Bible accessible to our secular age. As A Resonse to the Bible, The Book of God is fresh and energetic, scattering insights in all directions, making original and unexpected connections between the Bible and such modern authors as Proust, casting new light upon such questions as the Bibles place in Western culture and the nature of its authority, the unity and discontinuities of the text, and the need for a perspective that at once transcends and unites historicaltheological and aesthetic interpretation. Northrop Frye His book is easy, intimate, and direct, partly because he has digested all his learning, partly because his dissatisfaction with his predecessors solutions never belittles them, and partly because his own readings are those of a cultivated contemporary who, though respectful, is not awestruck. Whatever he turns to, he illuminates. The New Yorker Josipovicis insights ... deserve and need to be pondered by both literary critics and Biblical scholars. John Barton, London Review of Books His urbane... | Gabriel Josipovici The Book of God: A Response to the Bible Paperback