TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alter,Robert
TI  - The art of Biblical narrative
SN  - 9780465004249
AV  - BS1171.A466.A786 1981 
PY  - 1981///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Narration in the Bible
N1  - 2; 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; 2
N2  - 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
ER  -