Tertulia Logo
Sign upLog In
Cart Icon0
Cart Icon0
The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Book Cover for: The Book of J, Harold Bloom

The Book of J

Harold Bloom

Paperback
Regular price$18.00With free membership trial$9.0050% off your first book+ Free shipping
In Stock– Ships within one business day

Do you recommend this book?

Yes!

No

A controversial national best seller upon its initial publication, The Book of J is an audacious work of literary restoration revealing one of the great narratives of all time and unveiling its mysterious author. J is the title that scholars ascribe to the nameless writer they believe is responsible for the text, written between 950 and 900 BCE, on which Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers is based. In The Book of J, accompanying David Rosenberg's translation, Harold Bloom persuasively argues that J was a woman--very likely a woman of the royal house at King Solomon's court--and a writer of the stature of Homer, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy. Rosenberg's translations from the Hebrew bring J's stories to life and reveal her towering originality and grasp of humanity. Bloom argues in several essays that "J" was not a religious writer but a fierce ironist. He also offers historical context, a discussion of the theory of how the different texts came together to create the Bible, and translation notes.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Grove Press
  • Publish Date: Nov 30th, 2004
  • Pages: 340
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.10in - 5.50in - 0.90in - 0.95lb
  • EAN: 9780802141910
  • Categories: • Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament• Biblical Studies - General• History

More books to explore

Book Cover for: The Art of Reading Scripture, Ellen F. Davis
Book Cover for: Sensing the Scriptures: Aminadab's Chariot and the Predicament of Biblical Interpretation, Karlfried Froehlich
Book Cover for: Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books, Bill T. Arnold
Book Cover for: Revelation Restored: Divine Writ and Critical Responses, David W. Halivni
Book Cover for: Deuteronomy: A Theological Commentary on the Bible, Deanna a. Thompson
Book Cover for: A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths, John Barton
Book Cover for: A Most Peculiar Book: The Inherent Strangeness of the Bible, Kristin Swenson
Book Cover for: Book of All Books, Roberto Calasso
Book Cover for: The Hidden Order of Intimacy: Reflections on the Book of Leviticus, Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Book Cover for: Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, Elaine Pagels
Book Cover for: The King in His Beauty: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments, Thomas R. Schreiner
Book Cover for: Psalms: Psalms 1-41, John Goldingay
Book Cover for: The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary, Robert Alter
Book Cover for: Genesis: Translation and Commentary, Robert Alter
Book Cover for: The Last Word, N. T. Wright

More books by Harold Bloom

Book Cover for: Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: How to Read and Why, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: Shakespeare: Invention of the Human: The Invention of the Human, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: The Art of Reading Poetry, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry, 2nd Edition, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: The American Canon: Literary Genius from Emerson to Pynchon, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: The Visionary Company: A Reading of English Romantic Poetry, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: Wallace Stevens: The Poems of Our Climate, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: Till I End My Song, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles: The Power of the Reader's Mind Over a Universe of Death, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: Falstaff: Give Me Life, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: Cleopatra: I Am Fire and Air, Harold Bloom
Book Cover for: Iago: The Strategies of Evil, Harold Bloom

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: Lockdown Book Detective
Lockdown Book Detective
@BookLockdown
2 years

“Would you happen to have a Ben Hur 1860? The third edition, the one with the erratum on page 116.” Don’t follow me on Facebook because I’m not there.

@ratemyskyperoom @PeterBeinart Spotted, some big names in late 20th century American intellectual history: THE BOOK OF J; David Rosenberg and Harold Bloom (1990) A MARGIN OF HOPE: An Intellectual Autobiography; Irving Howe (1982) GIANTS AND DWARFS: Essays 1960-1990; Allan Bloom (1990) https://t.co/Tj47uULkyk

twitter.com
Mentioner image for: Abraham Josephine “Josie” Riesman
Abraham Josephine “Josie” Riesman
@abrahamjoseph
1 year

NYT-bestselling transbian authoress: TRUE BELIEVER / RINGMASTER / HOLLYWOOD FREAKS. Board, @JewishCurrents. Against messianism. she/her 🏳️‍⚧️

https://t.co/7IfFilX37M (well, technically THE BOOK OF J, but Harold Bloom got what I was going for) https://t.co/MDYvkTMu8P

twitter.com

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: Lockdown Book Detective
Lockdown Book Detective
@BookLockdown
2 years

“Would you happen to have a Ben Hur 1860? The third edition, the one with the erratum on page 116.” Don’t follow me on Facebook because I’m not there.

@ratemyskyperoom @PeterBeinart Spotted, some big names in late 20th century American intellectual history: THE BOOK OF J; David Rosenberg and Harold Bloom (1990) A MARGIN OF HOPE: An Intellectual Autobiography; Irving Howe (1982) GIANTS AND DWARFS: Essays 1960-1990; Allan Bloom (1990) https://t.co/Tj47uULkyk

twitter.com
Mentioner image for: Abraham Josephine “Josie” Riesman
Abraham Josephine “Josie” Riesman
@abrahamjoseph
1 year

NYT-bestselling transbian authoress: TRUE BELIEVER / RINGMASTER / HOLLYWOOD FREAKS. Board, @JewishCurrents. Against messianism. she/her 🏳️‍⚧️

https://t.co/7IfFilX37M (well, technically THE BOOK OF J, but Harold Bloom got what I was going for) https://t.co/MDYvkTMu8P

twitter.com
See more