Leonard Cohen's use of the Bible in his songs "Suzanne and "Hallelujah"

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In this article, I analyze the songs "Suzanne" and "Hallelujah" by demonstrating Cohen's allusions to the Psalms, the Book of Kings of the Hebrew Bible, the Gospels, and the lives of the Catholic saints. Cohen is one of the great religious poets of our age. A modern psalmist, he draws on Jewish and Catholic traditions in songs that have popular appeal.

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