Description
| Product ID: | 9780465022557 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Art of Biblical Narrative |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Alter |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Popular science, None |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Basic Books |
| Publisher Name: | Basic Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-04-26 |