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The art of biblical narrative / Robert Alter.
Van Pelt Library BS1171.3 .A45 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alter, Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Language, style.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Narration in the Bible.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 253 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Revised & updated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 2011.
- Summary:
- Since it was first published nearly three decades ago, "The Art of Biblical Narrative" has radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter presents the Hebrew Bible as a cohesive literary work, one whose many authors used innovative devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of human history: the revelation of a single God.
- Contents:
- Preface
- A literary approach to the Bible
- Sacred history and the beginnings of prose fiction
- Biblical type-scenes and the uses of convention
- Between narration and dialogue
- The techniques of repetition
- Characterization and the art of reticence
- Composite artistry
- Narration and knowledge
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Jewish Thought, Winner, 1982
- ISBN:
- 9780465022557
- 0465022553
- 9780465025558
- 0465025552
- OCLC:
- 691205762
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