Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

How Bible stories work : a guided study of biblical narrative / Leland Ryken. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Reading the Bible as literaturePublication details: Wooster, Ohio : Weaver Book Company, (c)2015.Description: 126 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781941337363
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS521.R993.H693 2015
  • BS521
Available additional physical forms:
  • COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:
  • COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:
Contents:
The subject of every story: universal human experience -- Setting in Bible stories: seeing the particulars -- Characterization in Bible stories (part 1): how writers do it -- Characterization in Bible stories (part 2): what readers need to do -- Plot structure and unity: the beginning, middle, and ending of each story -- Plot devices: how storytellers tell their story with beauty and skill -- Hero stories: a neglected but fruitful literary device -- From story to meaning: how to find significance in a narrative text.
Subject: How Bible Stories Work is the first of a six-volume series titled Reading the Bible as Literature, all of which are written by Leland Ryken. An expert at exploring the intersection of Bible and literature, he shows pastors and students and teachers of the Bible how to appreciate the artistic beauty of biblical narrative and how to interpret it correctly. Dr. Ryken goes one step further than merely explaining the genre of story -- Back book flap
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BS521.7.R954.B535 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001805015

Getting the most out of biblical narrative -- The subject of every story: universal human experience -- Setting in Bible stories: seeing the particulars -- Characterization in Bible stories (part 1): how writers do it -- Characterization in Bible stories (part 2): what readers need to do -- Plot structure and unity: the beginning, middle, and ending of each story -- Plot devices: how storytellers tell their story with beauty and skill -- Hero stories: a neglected but fruitful literary device -- From story to meaning: how to find significance in a narrative text.

How Bible Stories Work is the first of a six-volume series titled Reading the Bible as Literature, all of which are written by Leland Ryken. An expert at exploring the intersection of Bible and literature, he shows pastors and students and teachers of the Bible how to appreciate the artistic beauty of biblical narrative and how to interpret it correctly. Dr. Ryken goes one step further than merely explaining the genre of story -- Back book flap

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.