Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

by Jerome T. Walsh

The pages of the Hebrew Bible are filled with stories - short and long, funny and sad, histories, fables, and morality tales. The ancient narrators used a variety of stylistic devices to structure, to connect, and to separate their tales - and thus to establish contexts within which meaning comes to light. What are these devices, and how do they guide our reading and our understanding of the text? Style and Structure in Biblical Hebrew Narrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814658970
• ISBN13: 9780814658970
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"