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Jamie Edwards [Reviewer] on 'Book of Jesus: Volume I' (2025)""Book of Jesus is a powerful and unique retelling of the life of Jesus, written in beautiful poetic verse. Edouard d'Araille has done an amazing job bringing the four gospels together into one flowing story that feels fresh, moving, and true to the original texts. The writing is thoughtful and elegant, and the added illustrations by Gustave Doré give it a really timeless feel. It's clear the author put a lot of care and insight into this book. If you're looking for a new way to experience the story of Jesus - whether for spiritual reflection or just to enjoy some truly meaningful poetry - this book is absolutely worth reading. I'll definitely be picking up the next volumes! "" Damian Milton DD [Bible Scholar] on 'Birth of Jesus' (2023)""From the manner in which 'Birth of Jesus' is written, with its usage of a wide variety of poetic forms and ever-tactful interplay of words and phrases evident throughout, this unified gospel in verse manages to make all the incidents it depicts come to life in the reader's mind in a way that prose cannot."" William Alderson [Reviewer] on 'Book of Jesus: Volume I' (2025)""The English is clear and precise, every line stays close to the canon Gospels. It takes getting used to the whole of the gospels being written in verse but I think it works well, especially where several different versions of an episode are combined into one. Almost two thirds of the way through now and definitely want to know when the next volume is out as I see this is the first in a series. Anyway, I love what I've read so far, great work!"" Carmine DeLune [Reviewer] on 'Book of Jesus: Volume I' (2025) ""Beautiful and uplifting poetry, this translation of the gospels is out-of-this-world, made the Bible speak to me, like it's normally a book I ignore. Love it! Just upset it's not all out at once as I want to read volumes two and three as well now."" Prof. Shlomo Izre'el [Scholar] on Adapa's Ascent (2020)""This is a wonderful piece of work and a real contribution to reading literature. It is a really beautiful book."" 'Great World Books' review on Love Immortal (2015)""The most romantic book of poetry ever published."" Barry Page [Reviewer] on The Complete Poetic Works of Soma Amritah (2002)""A text of the highest order. It is a beautiful poetic work that at a deeper level requires close reading to draw out the subtle meanings hidden within the text."" Prof. John Bayley [Scholar] on In a Short Space of Time (1999)""This is technically fascinating and moving poetry.""

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The authors of the four New Testament Gospels cannot be conclusively verified and virtually nothing is known about them. They have been traditionally named as 'Matthew', 'Mark', 'Luke' and 'John', though we do not know for sure that these were the authors' actual names. 'Matthew', 'Mark' and 'Luke' are called the ""synoptic evangelists"" as they share a large amount of material in common, though at the same time they each contribute their own individual material to their gospels. 'John' is more unique as an author as his account of Jesus's life does not share any source material in common with the other three evangelists, even though the same essential sequence of episodes in Jesus's life is presented in his gospel, including his anointing by John the Baptist, ministry in Israel and events leading to crucifixion by his own people. As far as dating of the canon Gospels is concerned, Mark's Gospel is reputed to have been written circa 70 ACE, Matthew's Gospel is generally agreed as having been written in the last quarter of the 1st Century ACE, Luke's Gospel is considered to have been created in the region of 80-90 ACE, while John's Gospel has been dated between 90-110 ACE, thus being the last of the New Testament Gospels in order of composition. Contemporary English language poet Edouard d'Araille, born in 1974, released his first volume 'In a Short Space of Time: A Verse Cycle' in 1999. His début collection was followed by seventeen other full-length publications over the subsequent quarter century. Edouard d'Araille's poetic style varies noticeably between his works, though it is fundamentally unified in the use of concise verses, straightforwardly engaging vocabulary and an energetic playfulness of verbal structures. One of Edouard d'Araille's most noteworthy recent works is 'Adapa's Ascent' (2020), a translation of the Adapa legend from Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform tablets into modern English verse, which includes his essay 'The Birth of Fiction'. Edouard d'Araille has previously translated work from French (Alain Robbe-Grillet) and German (Stefan Zweig), while 'Book of Jesus' (2024) is wholly based on the Koine Greek texts of the four New Testament evangelists. For those new to the writings of Edouard d'Araille, the volume 'Je Suis Poëte' (2021) - now available in a newly revised edition - provides a retrospective overview of 25 years of poetry, featuring core extracts from most of his full-length publications. Before embarking on a career in poetry, Edouard d'Araille directed the feature-length documentary 'Last Year at Marianské Lazné' [aka 'Hotel Marienbad'] (1998) about the literary and cinematic fiction of Alain Robbe-Grillet, a series of experimental short films entitled 'Déja Vu' (1999) as well as music videos for Irish singer-songwriter Johnny Cronin. He was screenwriter for the Arts Council film 'Subtitled', by Greek filmmaker Anastassios Kavassis, and is the screenwriter of forthcoming feature film 'Crime Trap' (2026). He lives in the English market town of Wem. Gustave Doré, born in Strasbourg, France on 6th January 1832, was a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is renowned for a prolific artistic output of wood-engravings illustrating classic literature, including the 'Bible de Tours', Dante's 'Divine Comedy' and 'Don Quixote' by Cervantes. He achieved worldwide fame on the basis of his vast output and, even though he did not attain unanimous critical acclaim during his lifetime, he was one of the most famous French artists of the 19th Century. 'Book of Jesus' (Volume I) includes the reproduction of 30 black-and-white engravings by Doré taken from his illustrated version of the Vulgate Bible, mostly from the New Testament portion. In fact, Doré's illustrations of the Bible were so welcomed that a major exhibition of his work was given in London in 1867 and the 'Doré Gallery' was opened on Bond Street shortly thereafter. Other works illustrated by him include Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner', Tennyson's 'Idylls of the King' and Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. After the death of his father, Doré carried on living with his mother till he died of a heart attack at the age of 51 on 23rd January 1883. At that time, he was working on a new illustrated version of Shakespeare's plays. Gustave Doré was an accomplished watercolor painter and sculptor.

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