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Reading Biblical Narratives: A Practical Guide

By J. P. Fokkelman (NHC Fellow, 1990–91)

Narrative; Narratology; Christianity; Biblical Studies; The Bible

Leiden, Netherlands: Deo, 1999

From the publisher’s description:

This is an enormously instructive and practical hands-on introduction for students of the Bible as literature, by one of the world’s leading exponents of Hebrew narrative technique. Issues covered include: introduction to the art of reading, the narrator and his characters, narrative structure, narrative devices.

Subjects
Religion / Literary Criticism / Narrative / Narratology / Christianity / Biblical Studies / The Bible /

Fokkelman, J. P. (NHC Fellow, 1990–91). Reading Biblical Narratives: A Practical Guide. Tools for Biblical Study. Leiden, Netherlands: Deo, 1999.