Synopses & Reviews
Discover the erotic and literary core of the Kabbalah.
Dreams of Being Eaten Alive plunges the reader deeply into an explosive realm of knowledge that has remained unfamiliar for too long. David Rosenberg, long considered the leading poet-translator of the Bible, now unveils the literary basis of the Kabbalah as the major countertradition in Western history.
The Kabbalah becomes new once again, as Rosenberg peels back its philosophical grandeur to a bedrock of eroticism. The pleasures of the flesh and the soul become one, and our desire to be devoured by a form of knowledge greater than art itself lies exposed.
Dreams of Being Eaten Alive carries the same authority that gave life to Rosenberg’s work in the New York Times bestseller The Book of J, in that this is the first time the Kabbalah has been translated into a Western language in a way that reveals its undeniable importance.
About the Author
DAVID ROSENBERG is the author of more than twenty books of poetry, translation, and essays. Two of his volumes have been named New York Times Notable Books of the Year in the past decade, while a third, A Poet’s Bible, was given the prestigious PENBook-of-the-Month Club Prize in 1992, the first major literary award for a biblical translation. His rendering of The Book of J, with commentary by Harold Bloom, was a national bestseller. He lives near the Everglades with his wife, the writer Rhonda Rosenberg.