TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alter,Robert
AU  - Kermode,Frank
TI  - The literary guide to the Bible
SN  - 9780674875302
AV  - BS535.K39.L584 1987 
PY  - 1987///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Bible as literature
N1  - 2; The Old Testament : Introduction; Robert Alter --; Genesis ; Exodus; J.P. Fokkelman --; Leviticus; David Damrosch --; Numbers; James S. Ackerman --; Deuteronomy; Robert Polzin --; Joshua and Judges; David M. Gunn --; 1 and 2 Samuel; Joel Rosenberg --; 1 and 2 Kings; George Savran --; Isaiah; Luis Alonso Schokel --; Jeremiah and Ezekiel; Joel Rosenberg --; The twelve prophets; Herbert Marks --; Jonah; James S. Ackerman --; Psalms; Robert Alter --; Proverbs and Ecclesiastes; James G. Williams --; Job; Moshe Greenberg --; The Song of songs; Francis Landy --; Ruth; Jack M. Sasson --; Lamentations; Francis Landy --; Esther; Jack M. Sasson --; Daniel; Shemaryahu Talmon --; Ezra and Nehemiah ; 1 and 2 Chronicles; Shemaryahu Talmon --; The New Testament : Introduction ; Matthew; Frank Kermode --; Mark ; Luke; John Drury --; John; Frank Kermode --; Acts; James M. Robinson --; The Pauline epistles; Michael Goulder ; The Epistle to the Hebrews and the Catholic epistles; Gabriel Josipovici --; Revelation; Bernard McGinn --; General essays : The Hebrew Bible and Canaanite literature; John C. Greenfield --; The New Testament and Greco-Roman writing; Helen Elsom --; Fishing for men on the edge if the wilderness; Edmund Leach --; The canon; Frank Kermode --; The characteristics of ancient Hebrew poetry; Robert Alter --; Midrash and allegory; Gerald L. Bruns --; English translations of the Bible; Gerald Hammond; 2
N2  - 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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