Biblical Text and Texture: A Literary Reading of Selected Texts

Michael Fishbane,

Oneworld, 1998-03-01 -  154 pages

The bible remains one of the major literary achievements of human history,omprizing over 60 documents, with as many contributors, and composed overany centuries. In this book, Michael Fishbane approaches the Hebrew Bible from a literary point of view. He demonstrates how, just as orators usearticular techniques such as repetition and pause to convey their message inhe way they requie, so too the Hebrew Bible authors used a range of literaryevices to communicate a religious message applicable to particularistorical moments, each with their own political, moral and theological contexts.

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