The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading (Biblical Literature)

by Meir Sternberg (Author)

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  Paperback
  1985

  $39.53

  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