Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative (Biblia.com)

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In this classic work on literary criticism, Professor Adele Berlin introduces the colorful world of literary conventions used in biblical narratives. Berlin presents some fundamental guidelines for the sensitive reading and understanding of biblical narratives. Explaining the basics of poetics, she covers the how of the Bible, so readers can better understand what a particular text means. Berlin...

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