Bøger af David Jaffin

Poetry. One of the world's most prolific poets, the enigmatic David Jaffin here provides us with his second collection of 2013. The style does not change, but the intensity of his vision remains constant.

Poetry. Jaffin's new book is his seventh in a remarkable series of annual collections since he returned to writing poetry in the mid-1990s. Of Jaffin and the trademark short-lined lyricism of his previous books such as THROUGH LOST SILENCES, Edward Batley of the University of London writes, "Succinct and challenging enforcers of new insights and deeper understanding, his poems soar in far higher realms than those of prosaic description and rational analysis. Their hallmark, the unexpected, unnatural and natural sentence-, line- and word-breaks, disrupts habitual ways of thought, catches in the act of thinking as in the act of breathing, envisioning the variegated immediacies of higher meaning. There is sincerity and conviction in Jaffin's crisp, multisensory poeticisation of ideas.

Poetry."David Jaffin is a master of the restrained but puposeful statement. If his poems do not have quite the briefness of the haiku, they have a good deal of its light-dark inflection and rounded perfection of form. The fact is, that if one wants restraint and elegance, he will find it in abundance here. Jaffin's subtleties are, in short, dazzling"-- The Library Journal

Poetry. Another collection of delicate, short-lined lyrics by this poet-theologian, his sixth Shearsman book since returning to writing. David Jaffin is American, but lives in Bavaria. This book is co-published with St. Johannis Druckerei, Lahr, Germany.

Poetry. The world's most prolific poet? Retirement agrees with David Jaffin, as he presents his second volume of trademark short lyrics for 2016.

On Light Sources and Landing Rights: "Decidedly prolific bite-sized, brief, crisply restrained and profoundly philosophical."¿The Chicago Review¿"I was moved, deeply moved by David Jaffin's collections of verse, by their sensitivity, their loveliness, their honesty."¿Chaim Potok"David Jaffin's work is consistently refreshing and innovating, his is a most welcome contemporary poetic voice. And his keen, sensitive observations make for precise, sensuous and elegant poetry. It is thus not surprising that he is also a connoisseur of Franz Joseph Haydn's chamber music. I warmly recommend David Jaffin's books." -Wolfgang Binder, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany"Everything about these books underlines the classical nature of his art ... Jaffin's work, it seems to me, represents the area from which any poetic revival will have to start ... Jaffin's language is highly abstracted, sharp and original. This is not easy poetry: it is the product of American energy and a Judaic sensibility, it is intelligent and demanding." -The late Michael Butler, University of Birmingham, England"Dream Flow is a substantial collection of David Jaffin's poetry. At 311 pages, it's an inexhaustible well in which one can gaze and dip at one's leisure, bringing reflective waters to the lips. To say these poems reveal the extent of the intricate word-play and the shimmer of meanings. And the more one sees and says the more the subtle gifts keep coming." -Jessie Glass, Mekai University, Tokyo, Japan"On Dream Flow David Jaffin is a prolific American poet whose work uses the minimum possible means of expression in order to reach for essentials in his subject matter ... The limpid texture of his work resists quotation or excerption; his deceptively simple surfaces use the tensions inherent in the vocabulary to open up new horizons. Delicate creations, his poems tend to be wonderfully light lyrics."¿-www.bogpriser.dk, Denmark

Was ist Selbsteinsicht? Kann man sie im Laufe des Lebens erlernen? Und was ist eigentlich der Sinn des Lebens? David Jaffin hält zwar nicht all diese Antworten bereit, doch das Hörbuch enthält zahlreiche Anleitungen in Form von Gleichnissen und Geschichten, die jedem Menschen, der nach Hilfe auf dem Pfade zur Selbsteinsicht sucht, als Wegweiser dienen können.David Jaffin kam 1937 in New York als Sohn jüdischer Eltern zur Welt. Nachdem er Geschichte, Kunstgeschichte und Psychologie studiert hatte, promovierte er 1966 zum Doktor der Philosophie. 1971 konvertierte er dann zum christlichen Glauben und begann ein Studium der evangelischen Theologie. Dies führte ihn nach einigen Jahren nach Deutschland, wo er 20 Jahre lang als Pfarrer in Baden-Württemberg tätig war und zahlreiche Bücher zum evangelischen Glauben schrieb.

Den biblischen Erzählungen wird hier ganz neues Leben eingehaucht!Die Verbindungslinien der biblischen Gestalten sind nicht unbedingt jedem geläufig. Wie steht denn beispielsweise Jesus, der König der Könige, in Verbindung mit König David, der vor ihm kam? In seiner Auslegung von 2. Samuel 1-13 erläutert David Jaffin genau dies. David Jaffin kam 1937 in New York als Sohn jüdischer Eltern zur Welt. Nachdem er Geschichte, Kunstgeschichte und Psychologie studiert hatte, promovierte er 1966 zum Doktor der Philosophie. 1971 konvertierte er dann zum christlichen Glauben und begann ein Studium der evangelischen Theologie. Dies führte ihn nach einigen Jahren nach Deutschland, wo er 20 Jahre lang als Pfarrer in Baden-Württemberg tätig war und zahlreiche Bücher zum evangelischen Glauben schrieb.