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Poetics and interpretation of biblical narrative / Adele Berlin.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks BS535 .B47 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berlin, Adele.
- Series:
- Bible and literature series ; 9.
- Bible and literature series, 0260-4493 ; 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible as literature.
- Physical Description:
- 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield : Almond Press, 1983.
- Summary:
- Poetics, the "science" of literature, makes us aware of how texts achieve their meaning. Poetics aids interpretation. If we know how texts mean, we are in a better position to discover what a particular text means. This is a book which offers fundamental guidelines for the sensitive reading and understanding of biblical stories. - Back cover.
- Contents:
- 1. Poetics and interpretation
- 2. Character and characterization
- Character types
- Michal
- Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11
- Bathsheba and Abishag in 1 Kings 1-2
- Abigail
- Summary of character types
- David and his women
- Characterization
- Description
- Inner life
- Speech and actions
- Contrast
- Combining characterization techniques
- 3. Point of view
- Narrative with multiple points of view
- The poetics of point of view
- The narrator's voice
- Character's point of view
- Naming
- The term hinneh
- Circumstantial clauses
- Direct discourse and narration
- Alternative expressions
- Combining points of view
- 4. Poetics in the book of Ruth
- Characters
- The uses of the word hinneh
- Quoting previously unreported speech
- The narrator's presence
- Narrative structure
- The abstract
- Orientation
- Complicating action
- Evaluation
- Result or resolution
- Coda
- 5. Poetic interpretation and historical-critical methods
- Source criticism
- Form criticism
- The Gilgamesh epic
- 6. The art of biblical narrative.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-170).
- Includes indexes.
- Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0.
- Local Notes:
- Acc.# 8948
- Other Format:
- Online version: Berlin, Adele. Poetics and interpretation of biblical narrative.
- ISBN:
- 0907459234
- 0907459242
- 9780907459231
- 9780907459248
- OCLC:
- 10214708
- Online:
- French equivalent / Équivalent français
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