The art of Biblical narrative / Robert Alter. [print]
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TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, (c)1981.Description: xii, 195 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780465004249
- 9780465004270
- BS1171.A466.A786 1981
- BS1171
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| BS1171.S76 1951 The treasury of the Old Testament / | BS1171.W57 1926 A scientific investigation of the Old Testament /by Robert Dick Wilson. | BS1171.2.A43 The Old Testament : its claims and its critics / | BS1171.2.A45 1981 The art of Biblical narrative / | BS1171.2.A53 1987 Ancient Israelite religion : essays in honor of Frank Moore Cross / | BS1171.2.A82 1988 Ascribe to the Lord : biblical & other studies in memory of Peter C. Craigie / | BS1171.2.B33 1996 Reading the Old Testament : method in biblical study / |
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
This book offers a literary approach to the biblical text. Robert Alter brings numerous textual examples of the different types of biblical narrative, e.g., dialogue, repetition, narration.
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