TY - BOOK AU - Firth,David G. AU - Grant,Jamie A. TI - Words & the Word: explorations in biblical interpretation & literary theory SN - 9780830828982 AV - BS535.G762.W673 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Downers Grove, Illinois PB - IVP Academic KW - Bible as literature KW - Criticism N1 - 1; Literary theory and biblical interpretation; Grant R. Osborne --; A structural-historical approach to the exegesis of the Old Testament; S.D. (Fanie) Snyman --; Speech-act theory; Richard S. Briggs --; Genre criticism and the Bible; Jeannine K. Brown --; Ambiguity; David G. Firth --; Poetics; Jamie A. Grant --; Rhetoric; Peter M. Phillips --; Discourse analysis; Terrance R. Wardlaw, Jr; 2 N2 - In recent decades scholarly study of the Bible has taken a literary turn. Now literary theory has taken its place at the hermeneutical table and demands a voice in the conversation. Words and the Word offers eight essays that will bring readers abreast of this conversation. --From publisher's description ER -