Reading the Bible As Literature

Name: Reading the Bible As Literature
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ISBN: 9780745635088

ISBN-10: 0745635083

ISBN-13: 9780745635088

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jeanie C. Crain

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Reading the Bible as Literature provides the ideal entry-point to the process of reading, understanding, and assessing what many recognize to be the important and powerful literature of the Bible. Such reading holds potential for helping students understand literature generally and the Bible in itself. The book introduces the tools of literary analysis, including: language and style, the formal structures of genre (narrative, drama, and poetry), character study, and thematic analysis. The overall organizational structure of the book proceeds incrementally from basic literary elements to higher units of form. Each chapter includes an outline, preliminary considerations that provide…

Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 7/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface



Reading the Bible as Literature: A Way of Understanding



Style, Tone, and Rhetorical Strategy: A Way of Using Language



Image, Metaphor, Symbol, and Archetype: A Way of Meaning



Major Genres: A Way of Seeing



Sub-Genres: A Way of Clarifying and Mapping



Character: A Way of Identifying



Themes and Motifs: A Way of Unifying


Conclusion


Glossary


Notes


Index