An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters in a word or phrase (such as DORMITORY) into another text (such as DIRTY ROOM) having the same meaning as, or perhaps making a commentary on, the original. In this book the authors have performed this feat on every verse in three complete books of the Old Testament. The letters in each verse (or, in some cases, block of verses) from the King James Version Bible are transformed into a new text with a similar meaning - sometimes straightforwardly, sometimes more fancifully, but always with respect for the meaning of the Biblical text and, of course, strict adherence to the anagram rule.
The result is a paraphrase of these books of Biblical wisdom that is both classical and modern, reverent and whimsical, and permeated with the flavor of anagrammatic wordplay. The KJV and anagrammed texts are printed in parallel columns for easy comparison. Also included is a five-page introduction and ten pages of end-notes which explain some of the many literary and cultural allusions present in the anagram verses. The book is bound in black leatherette with a marker ribbon.
About the Author
Richard Brodie and Mike Keith are writers who specialize in constrained forms such as the palindrome and anagram. Mr. Keith was voted Anagrammatist of the Year in 1999 by the denizens of the alt.anagrams newsgroup.
