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

 





October 16, 2014

 

 

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).



 



 

 

 



 

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