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1399407Israels Poetry of Resistance: Africana Perspectives on Early Hebrew Versehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/israel-s-poetry-of-resistance-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1098290/bdd7ed6e-c1af-455c-83c4-cd0cde185240.jpg?v=638337370465000000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1096835/bdd7ed6e-c1af-455c-83c4-cd0cde185240.jpg?v=638337367739200000443615MXNFortress PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>Noting that Israels earliest responses to earth-shaking changes were cast in the powerfully expressive language of poetry, Hugh R. Page Jr. argues that the careful collection and preservation of these traditionsnow found in every part of the Hebrew Biblewas an act of resistance, a communal <strong>no</strong> to the forces of despair and a <strong>yes</strong> to the creative power of the Spirit.</p><p>Further, Page argues, the power of these poems to craft and shape a future for a people who had suffered acute displacement and marginalization offers a rich spiritual repertoire for Africana peoples today, and for all who find themselves perennially outside the social or political mainstream. Here Page offers fresh translations and brief commentary on the Bibles fifteen earliest poems, and explores the power and relevance of these poems, and the ancient mythic themes behind them, for contemporary life at the margins.</p>...1386817Israels Poetry of Resistance: Africana Perspectives on Early Hebrew Verse443615https://www.gandhi.com.mx/israel-s-poetry-of-resistance-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1098290/bdd7ed6e-c1af-455c-83c4-cd0cde185240.jpg?v=638337370465000000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1096835/bdd7ed6e-c1af-455c-83c4-cd0cde185240.jpg?v=638337367739200000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781451426281_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9781451426281_<p>Noting that Israels earliest responses to earth-shaking changes were cast in the powerfully expressive language of poetry, Hugh R. Page Jr. argues that the careful collection and preservation of these traditionsnow found in every part of the Hebrew Biblewas an act of resistance, a communal no to the forces of despair and a yes to the creative power of the Spirit. Further, Page argues, the power of these poems to craft and shape a future for a people who had suffered acute displacement and marginalization offers a rich spiritual repertoire for Africana peoples today, and for all who find themselves perennially outside the social or political mainstream. Here Page offers fresh translations and brief commentary on the Bibles fifteen earliest poems, and explores the power and relevance of these poems, and the ancient mythic themes behind them, for contemporary life at the margins.</p>9781451426281_Augsburg Bookslibro_electonico_8c1dc188-3ffa-334e-aefe-66954237f945_9781451426281;9781451426281_9781451426281Hugh R.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/nationalbooknetwork-epub-4e58d562-e34d-4a4b-a316-dcd0c80e2ab3.epub2013-08-01T00:00:00+00:00Augsburg Books