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in verse # 24 : appointed to be read in churches
All poetry is appointed to be read in churches; not all verse is. There is a long history of verse in English, in German, in Russian — probably in every language — written to be read in toilets, in taverns, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Ginsberg, Authorized Version, Hebrew poetry, James 1 of England, John Donne, Joseph Smith, Kethubim, King James Bible, Nevi'im, Richard Elliott Friedman, Robert Alter, Tanakh, The art of biblical poetry, The law, The new Cambridge paragraph Bible with the Apocrypha : King James Version, The prophets, The writings, Torah, Walt Whitman, Who wrote the Bible?, William Blake, William Shakespeare
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