Reading the Bible as literature :

Crain, Jeanie C.

Reading the Bible as literature : an introduction / Jeanie C. Crain. - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2010. - viii, 213 p. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reading the Bible as literature : a way of understanding -- Style, tone, and rhetorical strategy : a way of using language -- Image, metaphor, symbol, and archetype : a way of meaning -- Major genres : a way of seeing -- Sub-genres : a way of clarifying and mapping -- Character : a way of identifying -- Themes and motifs : a way of unifying.

9780745635071 (hardcover) 0745635075 (hardcover) 9780745635088 (pb) 0745635083 (pb)


Bible as literature.

BS535 / .C73 2010

809/.93522