Biblical Text and Texture: A Literary Reading of Selected Texts

By Michael Fishbane

Book Overview

The bible remains one of the major literary achievements of human history, comprising over 60 documents, with as many contributors, and composed over many centuries. In this book, Michael Fishbane approaches the "Hebrew Bible" from a literary point of view. He demonstrates how, just as orators use particular techniques, such as repetition and pause to convey their message in the way that they require, the "Hebrew Bible" authors used a range of literary devices to communicate a religious message applicable to particular historical moments, each with their own political, moral and theological contexts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851681515
• ISBN13: 9781851681518
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Oneworld Publications
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.4"

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Close readings of Biblical Texts

The major divisions of the work are:I Narratives and Narratives. The Creation. The Primeval Cycle. The Jacob Cycle. The Prologue to the Exodus Cycle. II Cycles, Speeches and Prayers: Teaching and Transmission, Creation, Torah and Hope, Loneliness and Anguish, Space in Suspension the Pilgrimage III Motifs and other Text-Transformations. The Eden Motif/ The Landscape of Spatial Renewal The Exodus Motif/ The Paradigm of Historical Renewal. Fishbane provides close readings of the text which should enrich both the understanding of the text in question, and the overall process of how to read the Bible.