# The Art of Biblical Narrative

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- Authors: [Robert Alter](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-alter)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2011-04-26

## Description

Since it was first published nearly three decades ago, The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter presents the Hebrew Bible as a cohesive literary work, one whose many authors used innovative devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of human history: the revelation of a single god.

## Editions

### The Art of Biblical Narrative

- Publisher: basic_books
- ISBN: 978-04-6502-255-7
- Published: 2011-04-26
- Language: en_GB