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245 04 The literary guide to the Bible /|cedited by Robert Alter 
       and Frank Kermode. 
264  1 Cambridge, Mass. :|bBelknap Press of Harvard University 
       Press,|c1987. 
300    678 pages ;|c26 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographies and index. 
505 0  The Old Testament : Introduction / Robert Alter -- Genesis
       ; Exodus / J.P. Fokkelman -- Leviticus / David Damrosch --
       Numbers / James S. Ackerman -- Deuteronomy / Robert Polzin
       -- Joshua and Judges / David M. Gunn -- 1 and 2 Samuel / 
       Joel Rosenberg -- 1 and 2 Kings / George Savran -- Isaiah 
       / Luis Alonso Schökel -- Jeremiah and Ezekiel / Joel 
       Rosenberg -- The twelve prophets / Herbert Marks -- Jonah 
       / James S. Ackerman -- Psalms / Robert Alter -- Proverbs 
       and Ecclesiastes / James G. Williams -- Job / Moshe 
       Greenberg -- The Song of songs / Francis Landy -- Ruth / 
       Jack M. Sasson -- Lamentations / Francis Landy -- Esther /
       Jack M. Sasson -- Daniel / Shemaryahu Talmon -- Ezra and 
       Nehemiah ; 1 and 2 Chronicles / Shemaryahu Talmon -- The 
       New Testament : Introduction ; Matthew / Frank Kermode -- 
       Mark ; Luke / John Drury -- John / Frank Kermode -- Acts /
       James M. Robinson -- The Pauline epistles / Michael 
       Goulder ; The Epistle to the Hebrews and the Catholic 
       epistles / Gabriel Josipovici -- Revelation / Bernard 
       McGinn -- General essays : The Hebrew Bible and Canaanite 
       literature / John C. Greenfield -- The New Testament and 
       Greco-Roman writing / Helen Elsom -- Fishing for men on 
       the edge if the wilderness / Edmund Leach -- The canon / 
       Frank Kermode -- The characteristics of ancient Hebrew 
       poetry / Robert Alter -- Midrash and allegory / Gerald L. 
       Bruns -- English translations of the Bible / Gerald 
       Hammond. 
520    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 leading literary critics, 
       offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New 
       Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a 
       whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that
       has shaped our language and thought for thousands of 
       years. 
630 00 Bible|xCriticism, interpretation, etc. 
650  0 Bible as literature. 
700 1  Alter, Robert. 
700 1  Kermode, Frank,|d1919-2010. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|tLiterary guide to the Bible.|dCambridge,
       Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987
       |w(OCoLC)624476427 
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