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The Bible and the narrative tradition / edited by Frank McConnell. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1986. - 152 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Frank McConnell -- From J to K, or the uncanniness of the Yahwist / Harold Bloom -- The "literal reading" of biblical narrative in the Christian tradition : does it stretch or will it break? / Hans W. Frei -- The argument about canons / Frank Kermode -- The Gospels as narrative / James M. Robinson -- John come lately : the belated evangelist / Donald Foster -- Biblical narrative and modern consciousness / Herbert N. Schneidau.

This collection of six essays by noted literary critics and biblical scholars--including Harold Bloom, Hans Frei, Frank Kermode, James Robinson, Donald Foster, and Herbert Schneidau--explores the Bible as poetry, rhetoric, and narrative. The authors treat such issues involved in biblical narrative as its genesis, its revisionist dynamic, its fictional character, its interpretive nature, and its contradictions, prejudices, and claims. McConnell's introduction elucidates and unifies the book's themes.

ISBN: 0195036980 9780195036985 019507002X 9780195070026

LCCN: 85029852

Nat. Bib. No.: GB8753785 bnb

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bible as literature.

LC Class. No.: BS535 / .B49 1986

Dewey Class. No.: ARCH YNDC 809.93 M478B