The Poetics of Biblical Narrative – Meir Sternberg (Paperback / Soft Cover)

Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading

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

Author: Meir Sternberg
Format: Paperback / Soft Cover
Pages: 596
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