Laurance Wieder and Robert Atwan

Laurance Weider is the author of several volumes of poetry, including THE LAST CENTURY: SELECTED POEMS and 150 PSALMS, a complete psalter. He has taught the Bible and ancient authors at Cornell University.

Robert Atwan is founder and series editor of the annual BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS. The editor of numerous anthologies, he has written on the ancient literature of the Near East and his critical essays and poetry reviews have appeared in many national periodicals.

CHAPTERS INTO VERSE: Poetry in English Inspired by the Bible (Oxford University Press, 1993)