The art of biblical narrative / Robert Alter

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alter, Robert.

Language:

English

Genre:

Llibres electrònics

Physical Description:

1 recurs en línia (271 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, cop. 2011

Language Note:

English

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:

Contents: preface to the revised edition; preface; 1 A Literary Approach to the Bible; 2 Sacred History and the Beginnings of Prose Fiction; 3 Biblical Type-Scenes and the Uses of Convention; 4 Between Narration and Dialogue; 5 The Techniques of Repetition; 6 Characterization and the Art of Reticence; 7 Composite Artistry; 8 Narration and Knowledge; 9 Conclusion; notes; general index; biblical reference index

Notes:

Índexs

ISBN:

1-283-26120-0

9786613261205

0-465-02555-2

OCLC:

719319916