Description: The Apocalypse (1st-2nd century, C.E.), also known as Revelations, is a great epic poetic work
Brief description: Willis Barnstone, professor, poet, and scholar, is the author of eighty volumes, including The Restored New Testament, The Gnostic Bible, The Poems of Jesus Christ, The Poetics of Translation, and Mexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems. He lives in Oakland, California, and Paris.
Review Quotes:
"Barnstone's translations allow familiar narratives to be heard in fresh ways."
--Publishers Weekly
"Willis Barnstone has a problem: he's too good. Everything he writes, from his invaluable The Other Bible, a compendium of holy texts no writer should be without, through his brilliant translations and beautiful poems, is a breathtaking achievement." --Carolyn Kizer