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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bar-Efrat, Shimeon.
Uniform title:	ʻItsuv ha-omanuti shel ha-sipur ba-Miḳra. English
Imprint:	Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.
Description:	1 online resource (295 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 70 Bible and literature series ; 17 Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 70. Bible and literature series ; 17.
Subject:	Bible. -- Old Testament -- Language, style. Bible. -- Old Testament. Narration in the Bible. Narration in the Bible. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11183453

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ISBN:	9780567577252 0567577252
Notes:	Translation of: ha-ʻItsuv ha-omanuti shel ha-sipur ba-Miḳra. Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	This attractive and systematic work has gained a wide readership, and now appears in a reprinted edition. Bar-Efrat offers a comprehensive review of the fundamental literary aspects of biblical narrative, discussing authoritatively the characteristics and points of view of the narrator, the shaping of characters, the structure of the plot, time and space, and finally the style. Many examples are provided to clarify the issues as well as to shed fresh light on the narrative. The book concludes with a detailed literary analysis of the story of the rape of David''s daughter Tamar by her half-brot.
Other form:	Print version: Bar-Efrat, Shimeon. ʻItsuv ha-omanuti shel ha-sipur ba-Miḳra. English. Narrative art in the Bible. Sheffield, England : Sheffield Academic Press, 1997 9781850751335

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