Npeter cole poetry of the kabbalah book pdf

Introduction by peter cole poetry magazine poetry foundation. Peter cole, acclaimed poet and translator, will visit duke university and speak about his work and his new book the poetry of kabbalah. His many honors include a guggenheim fellowship, the national jewish book award for poetry, and the pen translation award for poetry. Poet and translator peter cole was born in paterson, new jersey. Great is the power of the poem recited for the sake of heaven, writes one late seventeenthcentury north african kabbalist poet. With adina hoffman, he wrote the nonfiction volume sacred trash. As a whole, the collection brings readers into the fascinating force field of kabbalistic verse, where the building blocks of both language and existence itself are unveiled. Carmis penguin book of hebrew verse is more comprehensive, coles the poetry of kabbalah has more of a poets sense of language and even catches of few sparks from the mystics fire. The poetry of kabbalah by peter cole overdrive rakuten. The first ever englishlanguage collection of poetry from the kabbalistic tradition, masterfully translated by macarthurwinning poet peter cole this groundbreaking collection presents for the first time in english a substantial body of poetry that emerges directly from the sublime and often startling world of jewish mysticism. Studded with insight, and written with great verve, this book will become a classic. Export a ris file for endnote, procite, reference manager, zotero, mendeley export a text file for bibtex note. Peter cole, the poet and translator included her in his.

Peter cole is a poet and translator of hebrew and arabic poetry. His newest book of poems, the invention of influence 2014, and his latest anthology, the poetry of kabbalah 2012, are widely acclaimed and essential reading for. The first line of the first poem in peter coles first volume of poetry reads. Taking up gershom scholems call to plumb the tremendous poetic. A book signing will follow, and books will be available for purchase courtesy of the gothic bookshop. Speechs hedge is the first major sequence in coles second book of poetry. The poetry of kabbalah peter cole bok 9780300169164. Peter cole is the author of three books of poetry and the translator of more than a dozen volumes from hebrew and arabic. The poetry of kabbalah has become my favorite source for jewish mystical poetry in english. Peter cole on poetry and influence juked staff juked. Lawrence fine, author of physician of the soul, healer of the cosmos.