The Bible And Literature
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Author |
: Leland Ryken |
Publisher |
: Zondervan Academic |
Total Pages |
: 209 |
Release |
: 2016-11-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780310536338 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0310536332 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis How to Read the Bible as Literature by : Leland Ryken
Why the Good Book Is a Great Read If you want to rightly understand the Bible, you must begin by recognizing what it is: a composite of literary styles. It is meant to be read, not just interpreted. The Bible’s truths are embedded like jewels in the rich strata of story and poetry, metaphor and proverb, parable and letter, satire and symbolism. Paying attention to the literary form of a passage will help you understand the meaning and truth of that passage. How to Read the Bible as Literature takes you through the various literary forms used by the biblical authors. This book will help you read the Bible with renewed appreciation and excitement and gain a more profound grasp of its truths. Designed for maximum clarity and usefulness, How to Read the Bible as Literature includes * sidebar captions to enhance organization * wide margins ideal for note taking * suggestions for further reading * appendix: "The Allegorical Nature of the Parables" * indexes of persons and subjects
Author |
: Robert Alter |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 700 |
Release |
: 1990-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674875311 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674875319 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Literary Guide to the Bible by : Robert Alter
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.
Author |
: Richard Elliott Friedman |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 424 |
Release |
: 2009-06-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780061952753 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0061952753 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hidden Book in the Bible by : Richard Elliott Friedman
Renowned biblical sleuth and scholar Richard Elliot Friedman reveals the first work of prose literature in the world-a 3000-year-old epic hidden within the books of the Hebrew Bible. Written by a single, masterful author but obscured by ancient editors and lost for millennia, this brilliant epic of love, deception, war, and redemption is a compelling account of humankind's complex relationship with God. Friedman boldly restores this prose masterpiece-the very heart of the Bible-to the extraordinary form in which it was originally written.
Author |
: Norman W. Jones |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 180 |
Release |
: 2015-11-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317539018 |
ISBN-13 |
: 131753901X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Bible and Literature: The Basics by : Norman W. Jones
The Bible and Literature: The Basics provides an interpretive framework for understanding the significance of biblical allusions in literature—even for readers who have little prior knowledge of the Bible. In doing so, it surveys the Bible’s influence on a broad range of English, American, and other Anglophone literatures from a variety of historical periods. It also: offers a "greatest hits" tour of the Bible focuses as much on 20th- and 21st-century literatures as on earlier periods addresses the Bible’s relevance to contemporary issues in literary criticism such as poststructuralist, postcolonial, feminist, queer, and narrative theories includes discussion questions for each chapter and annotated suggestions for further reading This book explains why readers need a basic knowledge of the Bible in order to understand and appreciate key aspects of Anglophone literary traditions.
Author |
: Jeanie C. Crain |
Publisher |
: Polity |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2010-08-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780745635088 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0745635083 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Reading the Bible as Literature by : Jeanie C. Crain
This book 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. The book introduces the tools of literary analysis, including: language and style, the formal structures of genre, character study, and thematic analysis.
Author |
: Jennifer Maier |
Publisher |
: SIU Press |
Total Pages |
: 95 |
Release |
: 2006-08-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780809387977 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0809387972 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dark Alphabet by : Jennifer Maier
In works whose subjects range from the religious to the carnal, the whimsical to the foreboding,Jennifer Maier’s debut collection of poems,Dark Alphabet, explores the everyday mysteries of our common experience with humor, lucidity, and an unblinking yet compassionate eye. Whether occasioned by a song overheard on the car radio, a packet of risqué postcards from the 1920's, a conversation with a dead parent, or the behavior of ducks in mating season, each poem sets off on a journey that ranges far from its origins, arriving with the reader in a clearing at dusk, in a place of wise good humor and somber grace.
Author |
: Christopher Hodgkins |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 501 |
Release |
: 2019-04-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781444334951 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1444334956 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis Literary Study of the Bible by : Christopher Hodgkins
The most comprehensive and accessible introduction to scriptural art yet written Literary Study of the Bible: An Introduction approaches each book of the Bible (including several of the apocrypha) with non-sectarian literary questions, exploring the meanings that the Bible reveals when we read it like a poem, narrative, or play. As a unique hybrid of introductory guide, essential handbook, historical survey, and absorbing commentary, this book fills a gap in literary Bible study with its fresh perspectives on the biblical writers’ many arts. Readers will engage in wide range of textual approaches and interpretive traditions through this broadly informed, accessibly written text. Dr. Christopher Hodgkins has taught Literary Study of the Bible for 25 years, over which time he has field-tested the many lenses—of genre, image, language, characterization, plot, and craft—used throughout this book. Tracing the sources, composition, and influences of the Biblical text, this book places the Bible in a tradition of ancient near eastern, Hebrew, and Hellenistic literary art, giving new depth to the way we understand the familiar stories of scripture. Unlike other literary introductions to the Bible, this book uniquely combines these elements: Approaches the Bible as a richly collaborative and coherent work of literary art, exploring how earlier books influence the creation and interpretation of later ones Provides illuminating commentary supplemented by explanatory textboxes, maps, illustrations, and study questions to enhance interest and expand learning Introduces poetic and narrative devices like doubling, juxtaposition, and irony within the context of scriptural art and editorial design Gives extensive attention to each biblical book, resulting in the most comprehensive introduction to literary Bible study to date Presents these materials through an accessible and lively text permeated with references to both high and popular culture Literary Study of the Bible will be a welcome addition to personal, school, college, and congregational libraries, as well as an excellent text for students of the Bible in both secular and faith-based settings.
Author |
: Calum Carmichael |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 287 |
Release |
: 2020-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108422956 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108422950 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to the Bible and Literature by : Calum Carmichael
Examines the varied, enormously sophisticated contents of the Bible and sees how certain Western authors were inspired by them.
Author |
: Willis Barnstone |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 1505 |
Release |
: 2009-09-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393064933 |
ISBN-13 |
: 039306493X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Restored New Testament: A New Translation with Commentary, Including the Gnostic Gospels Thomas, Mary, and Judas by : Willis Barnstone
From acclaimed scholar Willis Barnstone, The Restored New Testament—newly translated from the Greek and informed by Semitic sources. For the first time since the King James Version in 1611, Willis Barnstone has given us an amazing literary and historical version of the New Testament. Barnstone preserves the original song of the Bible, rendering a large part in poetry and the epic Revelation in incantatory blank verse. This monumental translation is the first to restore the original Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew names (Markos for Mark, Yeshua for Jesus), thereby revealing the Greco-Jewish identity of biblical people and places. Citing historical and biblical scholarship, he changes the sequence of texts and adds three seminal Gnostic gospels. Each book has elegant introductions and is thoroughly annotated. With its superlative writing and lyrical wisdom, The Restored New Testament is a magnificent biblical translation for our age.
Author |
: Tod Linafelt |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 129 |
Release |
: 2016-04-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199910472 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199910472 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hebrew Bible as Literature: A Very Short Introduction by : Tod Linafelt
The Hebrew Bible, or Christian Old Testament, contains some of the finest literature that we have. This biblical literature has a place not only in the synagogue or the church but also among the classics of world literature. The stories of Jacob and David, for instance, present the earliest surviving examples of literary characters whose development the reader follows over the length of a lifetime. Elsewhere, as in the books of Esther or Ruth, readers find a snapshot of a particular, fraught moment that will define the character. The Hebrew Bible also provides quite a few high points of lyric poetry, from the praise and lament of the Psalms to the double entendres in the love of poetry of the Song of Songs. In short, the Bible can be celebrated not only as religious literature but, quite simply, as literature. This book offers a thorough and lively introduction to the Bible's two primary literary modes, narrative and poetry, foregrounding the nuances of plot, character, metaphor, structure and design, and intertextual allusions. Tod Linafelt thus gives readers the tools to fully experience and appreciate the Old Testament's literary achievement. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.