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More copies of this ISBN:The Literary Guide to the Bibleby Robert Alter
Synopses & ReviewsReview:One of the virtues of this book is that it sends one back to the reading of the Bible with clear eyes and critical instincts alert. Review:Frank Kermode and Robert Alter, two critics who have given a new rigour and seriousness to the 'Bible as literature' movement, have brought together a constellation of literary and Biblical specialists, from both sides of the Atlantic, to explain the Bible from a literary standpoint...It is hard to see how the task could be performed better. At its best, the Guidedoes not merely introduce lines of interpretation unfamiliar to the nonspecialist, it also breaks new ground. Review:More than two dozen scholars in the United States (11), Great Britain (7), Israel (4), Canada (2), and continental Europe (2) contributed to this volume, representing a variety of academic disciplines such as English, comparative literature, and religion, under the direction of Robert Alter (Old Testament) and Frank Kermode (New Testament)...Far from being a reactionary return to the old ways of thinking, The Literary Guide to the Biblestands as a radical challenge to the scholarly establishment that has for so long dominated biblical studies...[The book] is...a distinct success in what it seeks to accomplish....Looking back over the experience of reading this remarkable volume of essays, I am inclined to recommend it highly--not so much for beginners, but rather for students acquainted with modern biblical exegesis who need another perspective. For readers frustrated by the disintegrative effect of modern commentaries it is a balm for the soul. Review:This volume is a needed contribution to our appreciation of the Bible as a powerful work of literature and will quickly find its place on the shelves of those who respond to its ambitious themes. If this book does nothing else but restore the scriptures to their rightful place in our cultural consciousness, it will justify the honors that, on so many other grounds, it richly deserves. Review:Professor Alter is one of our foremost lay readers and expositors of the poetic and narrative genius of the Bible. He brings to his commentaries a knowledge of Hebrew and of Judaism together with an exceptionally wide literary awareness and authority of judgment. Professor Kermode has long been eminent among teachers and critics of English and European literatures from the Renaissance to Romanticism and the moderns...[The volume] contains much that is enlightening, convincing and finely argued. About the Author<>Robert Alteris Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the <>University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous critical works, the most recent of which is the prize-winning book The Art of Biblical Narrative.Frank Kermodeis Julian Clarence Levi Professor of English Literature, <>Columbia University, and a Fellow of <>King's College, Cambridge. Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction Robert Alter and Frank Kermode The Old Testament Introduction The New Testament Introduction General Essays The Hebrew Bible and Canaanite Literature Glossary What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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