Video: Was God a Jew? The Ecstasy of Biblical Translation

Acclaimed expert on biblical, gnostic, and apocryphal writings, Willis Barnstone explores the question, were early Christians Pharisee Jews like Saint Paul?

Barnstone is a poet and translator of ancient and modern texts. A four-time recipient of the Book-of-the-Month Award and Pulitzer nominee, he is author of Restored New Testament (Norton), The Gnostic Bible with Marvin Meyer (Shambhala), The Other Bible (Harper), Poems of Sappho (Doubleday Anchor), Moonbook & Sunbook (Tupelo), and Borges at 80 (New Directions).