{"product_id":"9780253114044","title":"The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading","description":"\u003cb\u003eMeir Sternberg’s classic study is “an important book for those who seek to take the Bible seriously as a literary work.” (Adele Berlin, \u003ci\u003eProoftexts\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In “a book to read and then reread” (\u003ci\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e), Meir Sternberg “has accomplished an enormous task, enriching our understanding of the theoretical basis of Biblical narrative and giving us insight into a remarkable number of particular texts.” (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Academy of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e). The result is a “a brilliant work” (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e) distinguished “both for his comprehensiveness and for the clearly-avowed faith stance from which he understands and interprets the strategies of the biblical narratives.” (\u003ci\u003eTheological Studies\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eThe Poetics of Biblical Narrative \u003c\/i\u003eshows, in Adele Berlin’s words, “more clearly and emphatically than any book I know, that the Bible is a serious literary work―a text manifesting a highly sophisticated and successful narrative poetics.”","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120413065456,"sku":"9780253114044","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253114044_p0.jpg?v=1769916807","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253114044","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}