Description: The poems in Old Testament Lore, are imaginative rhapsodies on themes inspired by the Pentateuch, Prophets, and Writings of the Old Testament as well as those of the Apocrypha. About the Contributor(s): Norman Chansky, PhD Columbia University, is a Professor Emeritus of Temple University. He has been a visiting professor at Tel Aviv University. He is the author of Essence of the Psalms, (Resource Publications, 2007), a collection of more than 150 poems inspired by the Canonical Book of The Psalms.

Description: Essence of the Psalms preserves the spirit of the biblical text while recasting it in a modern idiom. The poetic styles in this work are based on those found in the sacred text. Retained are the messages of petition, praise, thanksgiving, musings, anxiety, awe, confrontation and remorse, smoldering embers of anguish, and, especially, blessings. They are filtered, moreover, through a lens ground with both the bleakness and brightness of human history. The messages point to faith in and hope for a better world by taking the Virtuous Path of God, a Path Ringed with Garlands of...