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Literary Form and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible

Hosted By: Oxford Interfaith Forum

The Art of Biblical Narrative is a 1981 book by Robert Alter in which he outlines a literary approach to the Hebrew Bible. He proposes that “the Bible in its final form constitutes an artistic document with a full texture of interconnected unity.”


The Art of Biblical Narrative has been very influential. It revolutionized the way that scholars read the Bible.

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