Reading Biblical narrative: an introductory guide

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Narrator, character, action, hero, quest, plot, time, and space ... the best approach to the scriptures takes seriously the literary character of biblical texts and understands the features, ground rules, and structure of narrative and poetry. This introduction enables readers who do not have knowledge of Hebrew and Greek to read the prose and poetry of both the Old and the New Testament with greater insight and imagination. Using carefully chosen examples, it offers step-by-step analyses that …

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Full title :Reading Biblical narrative : an introductory guide / Jan Fokkelman ; translated by Ineke Smit.

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Publication Date:©1999.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Westminster John Knox Press
Place of Publication:Louisville, KY
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1999.

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Translation of: Vertelkunst in de bijbel:een handleiding bij literair lezen.

The Physical Object

Description:216 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0664222633, 9780664222635, 9058540014, 9789058540010
oclc:ocm44085428
LC Classification:BS535
Dewey Decimal:221.66

Preliminary exercise: a very short story: 2 Kings 4:1-7 -- Introduction: the art of reading components I and II -- Twelve stories at a glance: the practice area -- The narrator and his characters -- Action, hero, quest and plot -- Time and space, entrances and exits: the power of a correct structuration -- The power of repetition: the dialectics of similarity and difference -- Points of view, knowledge and values -- Stories organized: act, cycle, book -- The collaboration of prose and poetry -- The New Testament -- The reader's attitude, ten productive questions: suggestions for further reading.