The literary guide to the Bible /  [print] 
edited by Robert Alter and Frank Kermode. 
 - Cambridge, Massachusetts :  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,  (c)1987. 
 - 678 pages ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The Old Testament : Introduction  Genesis ; Exodus  Leviticus  Numbers  Deuteronomy  Joshua and Judges  1 and 2 Samuel  1 and 2 Kings  Isaiah  Jeremiah and Ezekiel  The twelve prophets  Jonah  Psalms  Proverbs and Ecclesiastes  Job  The Song of songs  Ruth  Lamentations  Esther  Daniel  Ezra and Nehemiah ; 1 and 2 Chronicles  The New Testament : Introduction ; Matthew  Mark ; Luke  John  Acts  The Pauline epistles  Revelation  General essays : The Hebrew Bible and Canaanite literature  The New Testament and Greco-Roman writing  Fishing for men on the edge if the wilderness  The canon  The characteristics of ancient Hebrew poetry  Midrash and allegory  English translations of the Bible  Robert Alter --  J.P. Fokkelman --  David Damrosch --  James S. Ackerman --  Robert Polzin --  David M. Gunn --  Joel Rosenberg --  George Savran --  Luis Alonso Schokel --  Joel Rosenberg --  Herbert Marks --  James S. Ackerman --  Robert Alter --  James G. Williams --  Moshe Greenberg --  Francis Landy --  Jack M. Sasson --  Francis Landy --  Jack M. Sasson --  Shemaryahu Talmon --  Shemaryahu Talmon --  Frank Kermode --  John Drury --  Frank Kermode --  James M. Robinson --  Michael Goulder ; The Epistle to the Hebrews and the Catholic epistles  Gabriel Josipovici --  Bernard McGinn --  John C. Greenfield --  Helen Elsom --  Edmund Leach --  Frank Kermode --  Robert Alter --  Gerald L. Bruns --  Gerald Hammond. 
<br/><br/> This literary guide leads the reader toward an understanding and appreciation of a book that has shaped the minds of men and women for two millenia and more. Provides an analysis of the Bible's structures, themes, narrative techniques and poetic forms. 1 line illustration. Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674875302 9780002174398 9780674376755 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>86032172 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible as literature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS535.K39.L584 1987 BS535