A Poet's Bible: Rediscovering the Voices of the Original Text

Rating:
Summary: A nice new translation, but nothing spectacular
Review: Remember _The Book of J_, the study of the Old Testament that asserted that the first few books were originally written by a woman? Much of the same spirit can be found here; this is a very original translation of the Bible, an attempt to translate the poetry of the work rather than the literal meaning.

Of course, purists won't hold with it, but others might find something to like here. Rosenberg isn't quite good enough as a poet to make it work consistently, but the occasional parts that really click (I like his version of Job) are quite exceptional. His introduction (an essay on the language of the Bible) is also good.