A Complete Literary Guide to the BibleLeland Ryken, Tremper Longman (III.) A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible is consideration of the Bible 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 four main sections of the book are; The Bible as Literature, The Literature of the Old Testament, The Literature of the New Testament, and The Literary Influence of the Bible. The editors for A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible are Leland Ryken and Tremper Longman III. Contributors include:
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 8 |
Part | 15 |
The Literature of the Old Testament | 95 |
Genesis John Sailhamer | 108 |
Exodus Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy | 121 |
Joshua and Judges Kenneth R R Gros Louis | 137 |
Ruth Nancy M Tischler | 151 |
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Acts Amos ancient apocalyptic archetypes Bible as literature Biblical Narrative biblical poetry biblical scholars biblical text book of Jonah book of Kings book of Revelation books of Samuel chapter characters Christ Christian chronicler's Chronicles commentary conflict context Daniel David death Deuteronomy dialogue disciples discourse divine drama Ecclesiastes Epistles Esther example Exodus Genesis genre God's gospel gospel of Luke Grand Rapids Hebrew human imagery interpretation irony Isaiah Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jonah Joshua judgment Kings language Leland letters literary analysis literary approach literary criticism Lord Luke lyric meaning metaphor Mordecai Moses narrator Old Testament parable parallelism passage pattern plot poem poetic prophecy prophet protagonist proverb psalms reader religious rhetorical Robert Alter Ruth Ryken Samuel satire Saul Saul's Scripture sermon Solomon Song speeches story structure symbols theme theological tradition unity verse whole wisdom woman words writers Yahweh YHWH York