"Not in heaven": coherence and complexity in biblical narrative

Growing out of a conference entitled "The Bible and Contemporary Literary Theory" held at Georgetown U., April 1989, the essays in this volume reveal, among other more particularistic points, a fundamental overt disagreement regarding the question of coherence in narrative point of view, i...

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Published in:A Midland book
Contributors: Rosenblatt, Jason Philip 1941- (Editor) ; Sitterson, Joseph C. 1945- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Bloomington [u.a.] Indiana Univ. Press 1991
In: A Midland book (678)
Reviews:BOOK REVIEWS (1994) (Moberly, Walter, 1952 -)
[Rezension von: ROSENBLATT, JASON P., "Not in Heaven": Coherence and Complexity in Biblical Narrative (Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature)] (1993) (Humphreys, W. Lee)
Series/Journal:A Midland book 678
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible / Epic
B Bible / Hermeneutics / Exegesis
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Poetics
B David Israel, König
B Bible Criticism, Narrative
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Conference program 1989 (Washington, DC)
B Bible. Genesis 22
B Bible and literature
B Narration in the Bible
B Esther Biblical character
B Bible as literature
B Narrative theory
B Hermeneutics
B Bible Hermeneutics
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Summary:Growing out of a conference entitled "The Bible and Contemporary Literary Theory" held at Georgetown U., April 1989, the essays in this volume reveal, among other more particularistic points, a fundamental overt disagreement regarding the question of coherence in narrative point of view, i.e. between the assumption or discovery of coherent and unitary narratives and narrators, the critique of this assumption, and the assumption or discovery of its opposite. No index.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-260)
ISBN:0253350360