This... an important book for those who seek to take the Bible seriously as a literary work because it shows, 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." --Adele Berlin, Prooftexts.
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." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion...
It is a book to read and then reread." --Modern Language Review... rated very highly indeed. " --Theological Studies... a superb overview... is a brilliant work." --Choice Sternberg] has written a very important book, both for his comprehensiveness and for the clearly-avowed faith stance from which he understands and interprets the strategies of the Biblical narratives....
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