TY - BOOK AU - Mangum,Douglas AU - Estes,Douglas AU - AU - TI - Literary Approaches to the Bible T2 - Lexham methods series SN - 9781577996668 AV - BS535.E79.L584 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Bellingham, Washington PB - Lexham Press KW - Bible KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Bible as literature N1 - Includes bibliographical materials (pages 275-308), subject index (pages 309-318), and scripture index (pages 319-323); Introduction: the literary approach to the Bible; Douglas Estes --; Canonical criticism; Ron Haydon and David Schreiner --; Old Testament rhetorical and narrative criticism; Suzanna Smith --; Inner-biblical interpretation and intertextuality; Jeffery Leonard --; Narrative criticism of the New Testament; Daniel Brendsel --; Rhetorical criticism of the New Testament; Douglas Estes --; Structural criticism; Gretchen Ellis --; Postructural criticism; John Delhousaye; 2 N2 - Literary Approaches to the Bible systematically presents the different ways of analyzing the text within its literary context. Highlighted sections and annotated bibliographies in each chapter create ease for reading and give a path for further study. -- ER -