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TitleThe Literary guide to the Bible / Robert Alter and Frank Kermode
AuthorAlter, Robert. / Kermode, Frank.
Call No220.66 ALT
CollectionNon Fiction
Copy No1
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 978006861706
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 220.66 ALT
Personal Name Alter, Robert.
Title Statement The Literary guide to the Bible / Robert Alter and Frank Kermode
Imprint Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press, 1989.
Physical Description 678p.
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Summary, Etc. This literary guide leads the reader toward an understanding and appreciation of a book that has shaped the minds of men and women for two millenia and more. Provides an analysis of the Bible's structures, themes, narrative techniques and poetic forms. 1 line illustration. Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term BIBLE - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term BIBLE AS LITERATURE.
Added Entry, Personal Name Kermode, Frank.