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Author
Description
What sort of "person" is God? Is it possible to approach him not as an object of religious reverence, but as the protagonist of the world's greatest book--as a character who possesses all the depths, contradictions, and abiguities of a Hamlet? In this "brilliant, audacious book" (Chicago Tribune), a former Jesuit marshalls a vast array of learning and knowledge of the Hebrew Bible to illuminate God--and man--with a sense of discovery and wonder.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1987
Description
This literary guide leads the reader toward an understanding and appreciation of a book that has shaped the minds of men and women for two millenia and more. Provides an analysis of the Bible's structures, themes, narrative techniques and poetic forms. 1 line illustration. Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two...
Author
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
c1985
Description
Meir Sternberg's classic study enriches our understanding of the theoretical basis of Biblical narrative and gives us insight into a remarkable number of particular texts. The Poetics of Biblical Narrative shows that the Bible is a serious literary work―a text manifesting a highly sophisticated and successful narrative poetics.
Publisher
Crossway
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Our world presents daily distractions that can easily displace Christ as the center of a man's heart and life. The goal of the ESV Men's Devotional Bible is to strengthen and encourage men through the life-giving Word of God and sound devotional content aimed at nurturing godliness. With 365 theologically rich and gospel-centered devotions drawn directly from the Bible, this all-new resource was created under the editorial oversight of Dr. Sam Storms...
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"A collection of previously unpublished pieces by 32 of today's most prominent writers shares their thoughts about biblical passages they find personally meaningful, in a volume that includes contributions by such figures as Edwidge Danticat, Tobias Wolff and Ian Frazier,"--NoveList.
16) On teaching the Bible as literature: a guide to selected Biblical narratives for secondary schools
Author
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[1967]
17) The Bible
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
1987
Formats
Description
Presents selections of literary criticism devoted to the Bible.
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