TY - BOOK AU - Yamasaki,Gary TI - Perspective criticism: point of view and evaluative guidance in biblical narrative SN - 9780227901700 AV - BS521.7 .Y358 2013eb U1 - 220.6 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge PB - James Clarke & Co. KW - Bible KW - Criticism, Narrative KW - fast KW - Narration in the Bible KW - Point of view (Literature) KW - Perspective (Linguistics) KW - BIBLES KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Reference KW - Handbooks KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158) and indexes; Front cover; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; One: Point-of-View Crafting: An Untapped Source of Evaluative Guidance; Two: Spatial Plane of Point of View; Three: Psychological Plane of Point of View; Four: Informational Plane of Point of View; Five: Temporal Plane of Point of View; Six: Phraseological Plane of Point of View; Seven: Ideological Plane of Point of View; Eight: When the Planes Concur ... and When They Do Not; Nine: A Perspective-Critical Analysis of the Butch Cassidy Clip; Ten: New Testament Case Study: Gamaliel (Acts 5:35-39); Eleven: Old Testament Case Study: Gideon (Judges 6:36-40)Bibliography; Back cover N2 - Countless times in the Bible readers are presented with a report of a character engaged in some action, but no explicit indication from the storyteller on how the action is to be evaluated. At first glance, it would appear the readers are being left to fend for themselves in making an evaluation. Fortunately, according to Yamasaki, that is not the case, for, he argues, though the readers are not receiving explicit evaluative guidance, they may be receiving guidance in a less-obvious fashion through the way in which point of view is being used in the passage. Gary Yamasaki's bold new work sets o UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=814398 ER -