TY - BOOK AU - Crain,Jeanie C. TI - Reading the Bible as literature: an introduction SN - 9780745635071 (hardcover) AV - BS535 .C73 2010 U1 - 809/.93522 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge, Malden, MA PB - Polity Press KW - Bible as literature N1 - 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 ER -