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Not in Heaven

Not in Heaven Coherence and Complexity in Biblical Narrative - Biblical Literature

Paperback (01 Nov 1991)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"... Not in Heaven is valuable, not only to professional Bible scholars but to all who love the Book of books. If there are seventy faces to the Torah, as the midrash claims, this book illuminates several more." -Conservative Judaism

"A stimulating collection." -Literature and Theology

"In short, this collection of essays offers a variety of literary responses to the problems of biblical exegesis, and contributes positively to the dialogue between the two disciplines. No scholar interested in the Bible as literature can afford to ignore it." -Cithara

Distinguished literary critics and biblical scholars illuminate texts from the creation accounts of Genesis to the parables of Mark, addressing questions such as the interpretive tensions within the text and relationships between literature and ideology.

The contributors are Robert Alter, Adele Berlin, John Drury, Bernard M. Levinson, William T. McBride, James C. Nohrnberg, James A. Sanders, Regina Schwartz, Meir Sternberg, and Phyllis Trible.

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Indiana University Press

Book information

ISBN: 9780253206787
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 300g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 25mm