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The Literary Guide to the Bible

Robert Alter


  • ISBN: 0674875311, 9780674875319
  • Page count: 704
  • Published: 1990-09-01
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Language:
  • Author: Robert Alter

(PUBHarvard)Forty major articles from 26 contributors on diverse topics including point of view, parallelism, symmetry, typology, repetition, thematic unity, the voice of the ''I'' description and dialogue, folktales, imagery, and many more. ''A virtual encyclopedia of literary approaches to the Bible. None better,''—The New York Times Book Review. 678 pages, softcover.

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