Reading Biblical narrative :

Fokkelman, J.P.

Reading Biblical narrative : an introductory guide / J.P. Fokkelman. - Louisville, KE : Westminster John Knox Press, c1999. - 216 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.

Translation of Vertelkunst in de bijbel : een handleiding bij literair lezen by Uitgeverij Boekencentrum, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, c1995.

Preliminary exercise: a very short story: 2 Kings 4:1-7 --
Introduction: the art of reading components I and II --
Twelve stories at a glance: the practice area --
The narrator and his characters --
Action, hero, quest and plot --
Time and space, entrances and exits: the power of a correct structuration --
The power of repetition: the dialectics of similarity and difference --
Points of view, knowledge and values --
Stories organized: act, cycle, book --
The collaboration of prose and poetry --
The New Testament --
The reader's attitude, ten productive questions: suggestions for further reading.


Bible.--Language style.
Bible.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Bible as literature.
Narration in the Bible.

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