Author

Publication

2011 - Basic Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

63,250 words, Guess

Page Count

253 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC221.6/6
  • LCCBS1171.3 .A45 2011

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.

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