{"product_id":"9780856462863","title":"Song of Songs","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary and long-lived appeal of \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Songs\u003c\/i\u003e lies in its unmatched lyrical beauty and in its supreme evocation of the moods of sexual love. Perhaps the most famous and popular book of the Bible, it is usually - and yet mistakenly - thought of as a single long narrative poem. Scholars have proposed many theories of the book's structure, but none is more natural than the view that it is a small anthology of quite distinct and varied lyric poems, composed over several centuries of Hebrew history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFresh and lyrical, this translation remains the most readable edition available. The poems are set in context by the late Rabbi Dr David Goldstein's revealing introduction, and enhanced with a useful set of notes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePeter Jay (b.1945) read\u003ci\u003e Classics and English\u003c\/i\u003e at Oxford, and founded Anvil Press in 1968. He edited \u003ci\u003eThe Greek Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e for Penguin Classics and has translated modern Romanian and Hungarian poetry, including the work of Ana Blandiana. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eShifting Frontiers\u003c\/i\u003e (1980), the translator of Gérard de Nerval’s \u003ci\u003eThe Chimeras\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) and the editor, with Caroline Lewis, of \u003ci\u003eSappho Through English Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(1996). He lives in Greenwich.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRabbi Dr David Goldstein (1933-1987) was Associate Minister at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London. He was co-editor of the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. His translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Poets of Spain\u003c\/i\u003e were published by Penguin Classics.","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022197997808,"sku":"9780856462863","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780856462863_p0.jpg?v=1763756093","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780856462863","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}