A treatment of Mark as a dramatic narrative whole. This study opens up the literary mechanism of the Gospel of Mark by developing analogies to techniques in contemporary cinema. Its focus upon these techniques is never obscure of distracting, and the book will be valuable in col…
A treatment of Mark as a dramatic narrative whole. This study opens up the literary mechanism of the Gospel of Mark by developing analogies to techniques in contemporary cinema. Its focus upon these techniques is never obscure of distracting, and the book will be valuable in col…
Can one hold, consistently with the common view of suffering in the world, that there is an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good God? This book argues that one can. Wandering in Darkness first presents the moral psychology and value theory within which one typical traditional …
"This volume sheds fresh light upon the phenomenon of narrative doubling in the Hebrew Bible. Through an interdisciplinary model the author defines the notion of narrative analogy in relation to other literatures where it has been studied, such as English Renaissance drama, and …
"This volume sheds fresh light upon the phenomenon of narrative doubling in the Hebrew Bible. Through an interdisciplinary model the author defines the notion of narrative analogy in relation to other literatures where it has been studied, such as English Renaissance drama, and …
This work examines fourteen reception-histories of single biblical stories, published in English between 1972 and 2002. They cover the topics of Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's Flood, Solomon and Sheba, Jezebel, Job, Judith, Jonah, the Magi, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, Pilate, J…
Reading biblical narrative: a practical guide
Reading biblical narrative: a practical guide
Originally published in Dutch, Jan Fokkelman's practical guide to reading biblical stories examines narrative, structure, action, heroes and plot and covers both the Old and New Testaments.
