Hills of Spices: Poetry from the Bible

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxiii) and index.; Poems in Hebrew with English translation on facing pages. Publisher Marketing: In the concluding lines of the 'Song of Songs', one lover beckons the other to hurry to the 'hills of spices, ' a place rich in fragrances and flavours, a feast for the senses. This collection presents poetry from the 'Song of Songs' and from many other passages of the Bible

Contributor Bio:  Potok, Rena Rena Potok is senior acquisitions editor at The Jewish Publication Society. She received a Ph. D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory and an M. A. in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a writer and poet, and a translator of Israeli fiction and poetry. Contributor Bio:  Weiss, Andrea L Andrea L. Weiss, Ph. D. (2004) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania, is Assistant Professor of Bible at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York.