The Bible and the narrative tradition / edited by Frank McConnell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McConnell, Frank D., 1942-1999, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible as literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his introduction to this book, McConnell describes the Bible as "less a book and more a living entity in the evolving consciousness of Western man." Until recently, studies of the Bible centered on finding sources for historical knowledge, theological insights, or ethical advice, overlooking the true beauty of the words in the "book of books." This collection of six essays by noted literary critics and biblical scholars - including Harold Bloom, Hans Frei, Frank Kermode, James Robinson, Donald Foster, and Herbert Schneidau--breaks new ground by exploring the Bible as poetry, rhetoric, and narrative. The authors treat such issues involved in biblical narrative as its genesis, its revisionist dynamic, its fictional character, its interpretive nature, and its contradictions, prejudices, and claims. McConnell's lively, readable introduction elucidates and unifies the book's themes.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

From J to K, or The Uncanniness of the Yahwist

The "Literal Reading" of Biblical Narrative in the Christian Tradition: Does It Stretch or Will It Break?

The Argument about Canons

The Gospels as Narrative

John Come Lately: The Belated Evangelist

Biblical Narrative and Modern Consciousness

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 16, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-772326-8

9786610440993

1-4237-6451-X

1-60256-613-5

OCLC:

860611570