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1	The Bible as Literature: An Introduction more books like this by John B Gabel, Charles B Wheeler add to wishlist This comprehensive and systematic text approaches the Bible from a literary/historical perspective and studies it as a body of writing produced by real people who intended to convey messages to real audiences. Avoiding assessments of the Bible's truth or authority, the authors maintain a rigorously objective tone as they discuss such major issues ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| SVS
2	God: A Biography more books like this by Jack Miles add to wishlist Miles takes a close, careful and inspired reading of the Five Books of Moses to explores God's being and 'life' as told in the Old Testament. Miles finds God to be infinitely complex in the book that has shaped both culture and religion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	How to Read the Bible as Literature: And Get More Out of It more books like this by Ryken Leland, Dr. Leland Ryken add to wishlist A guide to the literary aspects of the Bible. Surveys such biblical forms as narrative or story, poetry, proverb, gospel, parable epistle, etc. Discusses the literary unity of the Bible. see all copies from $5.53! new only from $9.62! \| SVS
4	Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God more books like this by Jack Miles add to wishlist Jack Miles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning GOD: A BIOGRAPHY, returns to Biblical interpretation and presents a literary and unorthodox interpretation of the New Testament. Miles, a Harvard Ph.D. and former Jesuit, portrays Jesus as the humble incarnation of the God who was unable to keep his Old Testament promise to the Jews. To repair the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	New Testament Story: An Introduction more books like this by David L Barr add to wishlist Intended for Introduction to New Testament courses found in religion or theology departments. The thesis of this book is that every New Testament writing stands within a story, even if it does not tell stories. The approach allows readers to view the documents as vital elements in the lives of real persons. The book maintains its focus on bringing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.30! \| SVS
6	The Bible Designed to Be Read as Living Literature: The Old and the New Testaments in the King James Version more books like this by Ernest Sutherland Bates add to wishlist Exquisitely redesigned, this Bible is rendered in a readable continuous narrative, arranged in historical order, and is based on extensive scholarship. The text has been restyled to reflect the soul of the different literary forms, from poetry to drama, song to psalms, blended together to create the most widely read document in the world. 2-color ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.43! \| first editions
7	Words of Delight: A Literary Introduction to the Bible more books like this by Dr. Leland Ryken add to wishlist Ryken organizes biblical passages into literary genres including narratives, poetry, proverbs, and drama, demonstrating that knowledge of a genre's characteristics enriches one's understanding of individual passages. see all copies from $14.33! new only from $20.93! \| SVS
8	The Book of God more books like this by Walter Wangerin, Jr. add to wishlist 'My purpose and effort in writing this 'holy history' was always to persuade the reader to feel - to experience, in fact and in spirit - this, the greatest of stories.' - Walter Wangerin This innovative, dramatic and highly readable retelling of the Bible - from the Creation to the Acts of the Apostles - in the style of an epic novel has sold 1.5 ... see all copies from $2.44! new only from $13.57! \| first editions
9	The Mythic Past: Biblical Archaeology and the Myth of Israel more books like this by Thomas L Thompson add to wishlist A major new synthesis and interpretation of findings over the past twenty-five years in biblical archaeology. Thompsons conclusions are sure to spark intense debate.. This is a revolutionary, revisionist book on the Old Testament and the early history of the Middle East. There have been many extraordinary advances in Palestinian and biblical ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $14.44! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Leviticus as Literature more books like this by Professor Mary Douglas add to wishlist This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world-renowned anthropologist presents the biblical work as a literary masterpiece. Seen in an anthropological perspective Leviticus has a mystical structure which plots the book into three parts corresponding to the three parts of the desert tabernacle, which in turn corresponds to the parts of ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $38.24! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Narrative in the Hebrew Bible more books like this by David M Gunn, Danna Nolan Fewell add to wishlist After almost two centuries of historical criticism, biblical scholarship has recently taken major shifts in direction, most notably towards literary study of the Bible. Much germinal criticism has taken as its primary focus narrative texts of the Hebrew Bible (the 'Old Testament'). This book belongs in this movement and provides a lucid guide to ... see all copies from $33.56! new only from $33.56! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Bible As/In Literature more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $46.41!
13 view cover	Great Code : The Bible and literature. more books like this by Northrop Frye add to wishlist Literary critic Northrop Frye examines the Bible through myth and symbol, finding patterns in and correspondences between the Old and the New Testaments. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Cracking Old Testament Codes: A Guide to Interpreting Literary Genres of the Old Testament more books like this by D Brent Sandy (Editor), Ronald L Giese (Editor), Sandy D Brent (Editor) add to wishlist A guide to the various kinds of literature in the Old Testament-narrative, history, law, oracles, and more-and how to interpret them. Contributors include Eugene Merrill, Walt Kaiser, and Tremper Longman, III. see all copies from $5.01! new only from $21.14! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Bible as Literature more books like this by John B Gabel, Anthony D York, Charles B Wheeler add to wishlist Unlike other texts on the Bible, This book applies the results of the last 200 years' biblical scholarship to understanding the historical formation of the Bible. The authors discuss issues such as the literary forms and strategies of the biblical authors, the historical and physical setting in which the Bible stories were originally shaped, ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $19.90!
16 view cover	Literary Study Bible-ESV more books like this by Dr. Leland Ryken (Editor), Philip Graham Ryken, D.Phil. (Editor) add to wishlist The editors apply literary tools of analysis to help readers understand the Bible as a whole, as well as each book and individual sections. This edition, in a single-column format, includes extensive notes from a world-renowned professor of English and a Bible expositor. see all copies from $32.40! new only from $32.40! \| SVS
17 view cover	A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible more books like this by Dr. Leland Ryken (Editor), Dr. Tremper Longman, III (Editor) add to wishlist This consideration of the Bible is from a literary perspective, reflecting contemporary interest in the academic world of the Bible as literature. This collection of essays addresses both specific books of the Bible and general topics dealing with the Bible. The 30 contributors of the essays are involved in biblical or literary fields of research, ... see all copies from $29.24! new only from $29.24!
18 view cover	Reading Esther: A Case for the Literary Carnivalesque more books like this by Kenneth M Craig, Jr. add to wishlist This timely series explores current trends within the discipline of biblical interpretation by dealing with the literary qualities of the Bible: the play of its language, the coherence of its final form, and the relationships between text and readers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Out of the Garden: Women Writers on the Bible more books like this by Christina Buchmann (Editor), Celina Spiegel (Editor) add to wishlist In a "sparkling collection . . . thoroughly captivating in its appeal to our imagination and our moral sense" (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Louise Erdrich, Cynthia Ozick, Fay Weldon, Ursula K. Le Guin, and 24 other women authors boldly, imaginatively, and sometimes reproachfully address the Old Testament stories, characters, and poetry that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel more books like this by R Alan Culpepper, Sir Frank Kermode (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $13.60! new only from $22.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21	The World of Biblical Literature more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist A pioneer in the burgeoning movement to understand the Bible as literature assesses the spate of new developments in the area, including Harold Bloom's The Book of J, as he reexamines the relationship between literary imagination and religious values. "A fresh voice for a new generation of readers".-- Christian Science Monitor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $44.54! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature more books like this by Susan Niditch, Douglas A Knight (Editor) add to wishlist By examining the impact of the Israelite oral tradition on its written legacy, Susan Niditch offers a renewed understanding of the literary character of the Hebrew Bible. see all copies from $9.35! new only from $12.95! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Literary Guide to the Bible more books like this by Robert Alter, Frank Kermode add to wishlist This text examines the Bible as a work of literature which incorporates stories, poems, proverbs and prophecies. The book comprises over 40 essays, including book-by-book discussions, introductions to the Old and New Testaments, and discussions of various aspects of biblical literature. see all copies from $6.98! first editions
24 view cover	The Book of God: A Response to the Bible more books like this by Gabriel Josipovici add to wishlist Is the Bible one book or a collection of writings? If it is a book, what kind of book is it and does it stand as a coherent piece of literature? Building on the recently renewed interest in biblical narrative associated with Erich Auerbach, Northrop Frye, and Robert Alter, Gabriel Josipovici here sets out to answer these and other equally ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Reading from This Place Vol. 2 more books like this by Fernando F Segovia (Editor), Mary A Tolbert (Editor) add to wishlist Biblical studies are proving to be a test case of the large interpretive issues of how one's "location"--social, cultural, ethnic and gender--affects one's reading of the text and its import. Segovia and Tolbert gather 19 leading biblical interpreters from around the globe to address the complex hermeneutical and religious questions attendant to ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $29.00! \| SVS

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