Description: The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the drama of Reading 1987 - Indiana University Press, by Meir SternbergTrade Paperback "This . . . is a brilliant work." ―Choice"[Sternberg] has written a very important book, both for his comprehensiveness and for the clearly-avowed faith stance from which he understands and interprets the strategies of the biblical narratives. . . . a superb overview . . . " ―Theological Studies" . . . rated very highly indeed. It is a book to read and then reread." ―Modern Language Review" . . . Sternberg has accomplished an enormous task, enriching our understanding of the theoretical basis of biblical narrative and giving us insight into a remarkable number of particular texts." ―Journal of the American Academy of Religion" . . . an important book for those who seek to take the Bible seriously as a literary work because it shows, more clearly and emphatically than any book I know, that the Bible is a serious literary work―a text manifesting a highly sophisticated and successful narrative poetics." ―Adele Berlin, Prooftexts
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Features: Reprint Edition
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 596 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Poetics of Biblical Narrative : Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Subject: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 1987
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28 Oz
Author: Meir Sternberg
Subject Area: Religion
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Biblical Literature Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
