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- catalog abstract "After almost two centuries of historical criticism, biblical scholarship has recently taken major shifts in direction, most notably toward literary study of the Bible. Much germinal criticism has taken as its primary focus narrative texts of the Hebrew Bible (the "Old Testament"). This study provides a lucid guide to the interpretive possibilities of this movement. Attempting to be both theoretical and practical, it combines discussion of methods and the business of reading in general with numerous illustrations through readings of particular texts. Gunn and Fewell discuss how literary criticism is related to other dominant ways of reading the text over the last two thousand years. In addition, they address characters, including the narrator and God; plot, modifying recent theory to accommodate the peculiar complexity of biblical narratives; and the play of language through repetition, ambiguity, multivalence, metaphor, and intertextuality. Finally, the authors discuss readers and responsibility, exploring the ideological dimension of narrative interpretation. An extensive bibliography completes the book, arranged by subject and biblical text.".
- catalog contributor b4194071.
- catalog contributor b4194072.
- catalog created "1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
- catalog description "After almost two centuries of historical criticism, biblical scholarship has recently taken major shifts in direction, most notably toward literary study of the Bible. Much germinal criticism has taken as its primary focus narrative texts of the Hebrew Bible (the "Old Testament"). This study provides a lucid guide to the interpretive possibilities of this movement. Attempting to be both theoretical and practical, it combines discussion of methods and the business of reading in general with numerous illustrations through readings of particular texts. Gunn and Fewell discuss how literary criticism is related to other dominant ways of reading the text over the last two thousand years. In addition, they address characters, including the narrator and God; plot, modifying recent theory to accommodate the peculiar complexity of biblical narratives; and the play of language through repetition, ambiguity, multivalence, metaphor, and intertextuality. Finally, the authors discuss readers and responsibility, exploring the ideological dimension of narrative interpretation. An extensive bibliography completes the book, arranged by subject and biblical text.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-252) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 263 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Narrative in the Hebrew Bible.".
- catalog identifier "019213244X (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Narrative in the Hebrew Bible.".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford Bible series".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Narrative in the Hebrew Bible.".
- catalog subject "221.6/6 20".
- catalog subject "BS1171.2 .G85 1993".
- catalog subject "Bible as literature.".
- catalog subject "Bible. Daniel Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
- catalog subject "Bible. Genesis Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
- catalog subject "Bible. Jonah Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
- catalog subject "Narration in the Bible.".
- catalog title "Narrative in the Hebrew Bible / David M. Gunn and Danna Nolan Fewell.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".