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The art of Biblical narrative / Robert Alter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, ©1981.Description: xii, 195 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0465004245
  • 9780465004249
  • 046500427X
  • 9780465004270
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Art of Biblical narrative.DDC classification:
  • 221.6/6 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1171.2 .A45x 1981
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.

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