 In part a continuation of his work in "The New Covenant, Commonly Called the New Testament" (2002) and "The Other Bible" (2005), and in many ways the completion of the pioneering efforts of other modern translators like Robert Alter, Reynolds Price, and Richmond Lattimore...The high bar Barnstone has set for himself is the creation of an English-language Scripture that will move poets much as the 1611 King James Version moved Milton and Blake.Only time will tell if Barnstone has achieved his goal, but his work is fascinating, invigorating, and often beautiful."