This celebrated book, a dynamic and original interpretation of the Ten Commandments, is enhanced by a thoughtful introduction by C. S. Lewis, the author's husband. Lewis described the style and theme of the book and commented, "The flaw in us which Joy Davidman seems to me to expose with most certainty will be to some perhaps an unexpected the sin of fear ... quite simply, cowardice."

Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments (Christian's Gde. S)

Davidman, Joy

Religion & Spirituality

The Westminster Press

This celebrated book, a dynamic and original interpretation of the Ten Commandments, is enhanced by a thoughtful introduction by C. S. Lewis, the author's husband. Lewis writes, "the flaw in us which Joy Davidman seems to me to expose with most certainty will be to some perhaps an unexpected one: the sin of fear . . . quite simply, cowardice."

Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Westminster/John Knox Press

Displays for the first time the complete work of a neglected poetic genius Although best known as C. S. Lewis's wife, Joy Davidman was a gifted writer herself who produced, among other things, two novels and an award-winning volume of poetry in her short lifetime. The first comprehensive collection of Davidman's poetry, A Naked Tree includes the poems that originally appeared in her Letter to a Comrade (1938), forty other published poems, and more than two hundred previously unpublished poems that came to light in a remarkable 2010 discovery. Of special interest is Davidman's sequence of forty-five love sonnets to C. S. Lewis, which offer stunning evidence of her spiritual struggles with regard to her feelings for Lewis, her sense of God's working in her lonely life, and her mounting frustration with Lewis for keeping her at arm's length emotionally and physically. Readers of these Davidman poems -- arranged chronologically by Don King -- will discover three recurring, overarching themes: God, death, and immortality; politics, including capitalism and communism; and (the most by far) romantic, erotic love. This volume marks Joy Davidman as a figure to be reckoned with in the landscape of twentieth-century American poetry.

Naked Tree: Love Sonnets to C.S. Lewis and Other Poems

Literature & Fiction

King, Don W.

Poetry

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

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