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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453912503321

Autore

Bar-Efrat Shimeon

Titolo

Narrative art in the Bible [[electronic resource] /] / Shimon Bar-Efrat ; translated [from the Hebrew] by Dorothea Shefer-Vanson in consultation with the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, : Almond, 1989

ISBN

1-281-84218-4

9786611842185

0-567-57725-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Bible and literature series, , 0260-4493 ; ; 17

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, , 0309-0787 ; ; 70

Disciplina

221.66

Soggetti

Bible as literature

Bible and literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE NARRATOR; Chapter 2 THE CHARACTERS; Chapter 3 THE PLOT; Chapter 4 TIME AND SPACE; Chapter 5 STYLE; Chapter 6 THE NARRATIVE OF AMNON AND TAMAR; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

This attractive and systematic work has gained a wide readership, and now appears in a reprinted edition. Bar-Efrat offers a comprehensive review of the fundamental literary aspects of biblical narrative, discussing authoritatively the characteristics and points of view of the narrator, the shaping of characters, the structure of the plot, time and space, and finally the style. Many examples are provided to clarify the issues as well as to shed fresh light on the narrative. The book concludes with a detailed literary analysis of the story of the rape of David's daughter Tamar by her half-broth