Abstract: Abstract The Hebrew Bible, or Christian Old Testament, can be celebrated as among the classics of world literature. The stories of Jacob and David present the earliest surviving examples of literary characters whose development the reader follows over the length of a lifetime. There are also examples 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. The Hebrew Bible as Literature: A Very Short Introduction describes the Bible’s two primary literary modes—narrative and poetry—foregrounding the nuances of plot, character, metaphor, structure and design, and intertextual allusions.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-05-01
Language: en
Type: book
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