01407nam a22002057a 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001900064020001500083040000800098050002400106100001800130245005100148260003800199300002900237500053400266505032800800650004601128650002701174AUA.120180226115913.0180226b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780465022557   a0465022553  cJTL  aBS1171.3b.A45 2011  aAlter, Robert  aThe art of biblical narrative /cRobert Alter.  aNew York : bBasic Books, c2011.  axvi, 253 pages ; c21 cm  aSince 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.  aPreface --
A literary approach to the Bible --
Sacred history and the beginnings of prose fiction --
Biblical type-scenes and the uses of convention --
Between narration and dialogue --
The techniques of repetition --
Characterization and the art of reticence --
Composite artistry --
Narration and knowledge --
Conclusion.  aBible. xOld Testament xLanguage, style.  aNarration in the Bible