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This illuminating study provides a comprehensive examination of the literary aspects of biblical narrative, which comprises over a third of the Hebrew Bible. The attitudes and interjections of the narrator, the shaping of characters, time and space, the structure of the plot and the style are discussed and illustrated, clarifying the issues raised as well as shedding fresh light on the...

described as: ‘a very crafty man’ (2 Sam. 13:3), while the woman from Tekoa (14:2) and the woman from Abel of Beth-maacah (20:16) are both said to be wise. Esau is portrayed as being: ‘a skilful hunter, a man of the field’, while Jacob was considered: ‘a quiet man, dwelling in tents’ (Gen. 25:27). The narrator tells us that the man Moses was: ‘very meek, more than all men that were on the face of the earth’ (Num. 12:3). Saul is described as being: ‘… choice and fine. There was not a man among the
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