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Title: THE ART OF BIBLICAL NARRATIVE
By: Robert Alter
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0465022553
ISBN 13: 9780465022557
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Publisher: INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Pub. date: 26 April, 2011
Edition: 2nd edition
Pages: 272
Description: Since it was first published nearly three decades ago, The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter presents the Hebrew Bible as a cohesive literary work, one whose many authors used innovative devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of human history: the revelation of a single god.
Synopsis: Since it was first published nearly three decades ago, The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter presents the Hebrew Bible as a cohesive literary work, one whose many authors used innovative devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of human history: the revelation of a single god.
Publication: US
Imprint: Basic Books
Returns: Returnable
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