This abridged one-volume edition collects poetry from the original two volumes of Chapters into Verse to survey the literary legacy of the Scriptures from the fourteenth century to the present.

Drawing a unique map of the history of English poetry, this book surveys and defines the literary legacy of the Scriptures from the 14th century to the present. Arranged in order of the Scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, the book presents each poem alongside the biblical passage that inspired it.