01513nam a22002297a 4500 AUA.1 20180226115913.0 180226b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780465022557 0465022553 JTL BS1171.3 .A45 2011 Alter, Robert The art of biblical narrative / Robert Alter. New York : Basic Books, 2011. xvi, 253 pages ; 21 cm 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. Preface -- 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. Bible. Old Testament Language, style. Narration in the Bible lcc BOOK BS 1171.3 .A45 2011 19479 19479 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2017-12-08 Bought by JTL 14.89 AUA22477 3 BS 1171.3 .A45 2011 AUA22477 2023-09-13 12:07:15 2023-09-06 14.89 2018-02-26 BOOK