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A Testament of Witnesses and Other Poems
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13,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wipf And Stock Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 22.08.2022 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781666797299 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 100 |
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Beschreibungen
This second collection of poems by David Lyle Jeffrey has two parts. In the first the primary imaginative world is biblical. How might those who witnessed the judgment of God or the miracles of Jesus first-hand have reacted to what they saw and heard? The Bible itself is typically terse, leaving gaps--but also hints--that prompt wonder. In the second part, a gathering of miscellaneous poems, are personal reflections, sometimes whimsical, on special gifts of grace received in the twilight of life.
David Lyle Jeffrey is a grandfather, storyteller, and scholar who still occasionally commits random acts of poetry. Though officially retired from a lifetime of university teaching (UK, Canada, China, and the USA), he continues to serve as distinguished senior fellow in Baylor’s Institute for Studies in Religion and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
“This collection of well-told story poems testifies to the humanity of biblical characters from Ezekiel to Zacchaeus, from an anonymous temple guard to St. Mark, from Mary to ‘The thorn-caught lamb’ himself. The poet helps us to imagine likely thoughts, emotions, bewilderments, and incredulities these historical people experienced, enabling us to identify with them and to realize more deeply the inexpressibly powerful effects of the prophesied and actual life of Christ—to witness them ourselves.”
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<br> —Cynthia Erlandson, author of
<i>These Holy Mysteries</i>
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<br> “David Lyle Jeffrey’s lifelong immersion in the Bible and its influence on English literature culminates here in his second book of poems with an extraordinary series of biblical figures’ imagined interior monologues alongside a briefer collection of personal devotional or playful poems, concluding with some beautiful nature poetry. Carefully wrought and skillful rhymes combine a Miltonic gravity and colloquial jauntiness which engage us where ‘ageless memory cherished, gleams and joy finds reason, rhyme, and dreams.’”
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<br> —Micheal O’Siadhail, author of
<i>The Five Quintets</i>
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<i>“A Testament of Witnesses </i>imagines what it is like to be a prophet or an apostle. Some of these imaginings are solemn, some entertaining. The deep engagement with these prophets and apostles is stunning and makes us rethink our values. This is a powerful and thoughtful celebration of faith.”
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<br> —Lee Johnson, University of British Columbia
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<br> “As an esteemed biblical and literary scholar, David Lyle Jeffrey has devoted himself to the word, and these poems are the fruit of this lifelong devotion. Deeply imagined and carefully wrought, they ponder the unlikely paths by which God’s revelation is translated and traditioned and, all too often, traduced.”
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<br> —Jeffrey Bilbro, Grove City College
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<br> “Readers will be staggered at how much scholarship and good humor, how much formal dexterity and easy cadence, they find in these poems.
<i> A Testament of Witnesses</i> is startling, aloft, and all of it singing an otherworldly glory.”
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<br> —Mischa Willett, Seattle Pacific University
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<br> —Cynthia Erlandson, author of
<i>These Holy Mysteries</i>
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<br>
<br>
<br> “David Lyle Jeffrey’s lifelong immersion in the Bible and its influence on English literature culminates here in his second book of poems with an extraordinary series of biblical figures’ imagined interior monologues alongside a briefer collection of personal devotional or playful poems, concluding with some beautiful nature poetry. Carefully wrought and skillful rhymes combine a Miltonic gravity and colloquial jauntiness which engage us where ‘ageless memory cherished, gleams and joy finds reason, rhyme, and dreams.’”
<br>
<br> —Micheal O’Siadhail, author of
<i>The Five Quintets</i>
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<br>
<br>
<br>
<i>“A Testament of Witnesses </i>imagines what it is like to be a prophet or an apostle. Some of these imaginings are solemn, some entertaining. The deep engagement with these prophets and apostles is stunning and makes us rethink our values. This is a powerful and thoughtful celebration of faith.”
<br>
<br> —Lee Johnson, University of British Columbia
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br> “As an esteemed biblical and literary scholar, David Lyle Jeffrey has devoted himself to the word, and these poems are the fruit of this lifelong devotion. Deeply imagined and carefully wrought, they ponder the unlikely paths by which God’s revelation is translated and traditioned and, all too often, traduced.”
<br>
<br> —Jeffrey Bilbro, Grove City College
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br> “Readers will be staggered at how much scholarship and good humor, how much formal dexterity and easy cadence, they find in these poems.
<i> A Testament of Witnesses</i> is startling, aloft, and all of it singing an otherworldly glory.”
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<br> —Mischa Willett, Seattle Pacific University
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