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The Literary Guide to the Bible (1987)

by Robert Alter (Editor), Frank Kermode (Editor)

Other authors: James Stokes Ackerman (Contributor), Gerald L. Bruns (Contributor), David Damrosch (Contributor), John Drury (Contributor), Helen Elsom (Contributor) — 20 more, J. P. Fokkelman (Contributor), Michael Goulder (Contributor), Moshe Greenberg (Contributor), Jonas C. Greenfield (Contributor), David M. Gunn (Contributor), Gerald Hammond (Contributor), Gabriel Josipovici (Contributor), Frank Kermode (Contributor), Francis Landy (Contributor), Edmund Leach (Contributor), Herbert Marks (Contributor), Bernard McGinn (Contributor), Robert Polzin (Contributor), James McConkey Robinson (Contributor), Joel Rosenberg (Contributor), Jack M. Sasson (Contributor), George Savran (Contributor), Luis Alonso Schokel (Contributor), Shemaryahu Talmon (Contributor), James G. Williams (Contributor)

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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.… (more)

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809.93522Literature › modified standard subdivisions › History, description and criticism of more than two literatures › By topic › Other aspects › Bible As Literature

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BS535.L54Philosophy, Psychology and Religion › The Bible › The Bible › Works about the Bible › The Bible as literature

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