Creatively bringing the songs, prayers, and poetry of Leonard Cohen into conversation with Scripture, this book deeply grounds Cohen’s work in the landscape of the biblical imagination, paying special attention to Jesus together with the prophetic and priestly voices of Scripture. What emerges is a compellingly lyrical work of theology that deepens our understanding of both Cohen and biblical faith. Leonard Cohen has undoubtedly been a liturgist for our time, a cantor singing for all those clothed in rags of light, a prophet in the ruins, and a priest who greets us ‘from the other side of sorrow and despair.’
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J. Richard Middleton is Professor of Biblical Worldview and Exegesis at Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York. His books include A New Heaven and a New Earth (2012), The Liberating Image (2005), Truth Is Stranger than It Used to Be (1995), and The Transforming Vision (1984).Check out my Academia profile! interview coming January 29, 2015! Stay tuned!