David Rosenberg (poet)

In 2006, his translations of biblical passages helped him write Abraham: The First Historical Biography. Publishers Weekly reported the book was sold to Viking in 2001. This book puts biblical Abraham into the cultural context of ancient Sumer.

In 1990, The Book of J, which Rosenberg co-wrote with Harold Bloom was published. Rosenberg translated the biblical texts for the book. What was notable about the book was that Rosenberg and Bloom identify the earliest narrator of the bible as a woman.

In his 1976 introduction to Job Speaks, Donald Hall said that Rosenberg "has been for some years a poet to watch, even to contend with..." "...became an ancient Hebrew religious poet writing in the rhythms of the United States."

He has served as editor for The Ant's Forefoot from 1967 to 1973, and Forthcoming from 1981–84.

Rosenberg graduated with a B.A. in creative writing from the University of Michigan in 1964. He got his M.F.A. from Syracuse University, M.F.A. in 1966. He did additional graduate work at the University of Essex in England from 1970 to 1972 and at Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1980–82.

After getting his B.A he was the personal assistant of Robert Lowell at The New School in New York City from 1961 to 1962. In 1993 he returned to The New School as an online instructor in writing. In 1967–71, Rosenberg was a lecturer in English and creative writing at York University in Toronto, Canada. In 1972 he was the Poet in Residence at Central Connecticut State University. From 1973 to 1975 he was the Master Poet for New York State Arts Council. From 1974–76 he was an assistant professor of creative writing at CUNY La Guardia. From 1978- 1982 he lived in Israel where he worked as an editor for Hakibbutz Hameuchad/The Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature from 1981–83. When he returned to the United States, he was a senior editor at the Jewish Publication Society from 1981–83. After leaving the JPS, he worked as a senior editor at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich until 1987. In 1992 he became the writer-in-residence at Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami, Florida. He was named the Field Bridge fellow from 1994–97 at National Tropical Botanical Garden, also in Miami. From 2011–12 he was a visiting professor of creative writing at Princeton University.

David Rosenberg (born August 1, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American poet, biblical translator, editor, and educator. He is best known for The Book of J (with Harold Bloom) and A Poet's Bible, which earned PEN Translation Prize in 1992. The Book of J stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for many weeks.

David Rosenberg was born on August 1, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan to Herman and Shifra Rosenberg. His father worked in the popcorn business and his mother worked as a seamstress. Rosenberg is married to Rhonda Rosenberg, a public health scientist. They currently live in Miami, Florida.