Edited by Robert Arwan, George Dardess, and Peggy Rosenthal Oxford University Press, $35, 595 pp.

Maybe he looked indeed/much as Rembrandt envisioned him" wrote the late lamented Denise Levertov, but, in fact, we will never know. However, there is no end to those who wish to provide us a portrait of Jesus of Nazareth. What is true of the visual arts is equally true of the belletristic tradition. This wonderful anthology of poetry inspired by Jesus and his life demonstrates both the ...