The art of biblical narrative /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Alter, Robert, author.
Edition:	New and revised edition.
Imprint:	New York : Basic Books, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, [2011] ©2011
Description:	xvi, 253 pages ; 21 cm
Language:	English
Series:	National Jewish Book award for Jewish Thought
Subject:	Bible. -- Old Testament -- Language, style. Bible. -- Old Testament. Narration in the Bible. Rhetoric. Narration in the Bible. Rhetoric.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8435036

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ISBN:	9780465022557 0465022553 9780465025558 0465025552
Notes:	"Revised and Updated."--From the front cover. "Winner of the National Jewish Book award for Jewish Thought."--From the back cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and indexes.
Summary:	"Since it was first published nearly three decades ago, Robert Alter's The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded our view of the Bible by recasting it as not only a human creation, but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In this seminal work, Alter describes how the Hebrew Bible's many authors used innovative literary styles and devices to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of all time: the revelation of a single God. In so doing, Alter shows, these writers reshaped not only history, but also the art of storytelling itself. Updated with a new preface, myriad revisions, and passages from Alter's own critically acclaimed biblical translations, The Art of Biblical Narrative is an indispensable tool of biblical and literary scholarship alike."-- 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.
Other form:	Online version: Alter, Robert. Art of biblical narrative. New York : Basic Books, 2011 9780465025558

Table of Contents:

Preface to the revised edition
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
Notes
General index
Biblical reference index.