TY - BOOK AU - Fokkelman, J.P. TI - Reading Biblical narrative: an introductory guide U1 - 220.66/FOK PY - 1999/// CY - Louisville, KE PB - Westminster John Knox Press KW - Bible KW - Language style KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Bible as literature KW - Narration in the Bible N1 - 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 ER -