Storytelling in the Bible
Overview
Modern techniques of literary criticism, combined with a deep love of the Bible, have been employed by Jacob Licht in this profound and original work. In six chapters and an epilogue, the author analyzes the aesthetic means by which the narrators achieved their ends. He shows us mimesis in the story of Saul and the witch of En-Dor. He shows how intense emotion led up to and conveyed as David hears the news of Absalom’s death. He uses the story of the floating Axehead (2 Kings 6: 1–7) to demonstrate the way the narrator creates scenes (and invites the reader to stage it as a play in his head). The author allows the Old Testament narrative to speak for itself. In the author’s own comments, there is an arresting freshness combined with a vigor that enlivens the scholarship that illuminates the book.
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- Preface by the author
- Bibliographical references and index
Top Highlights
“Teichoscopy’ is a device of Greek drama, used to inform the spectators about events off-stage; it is used to present elements of the plot that cannot be effectively staged.” (Page 45)
“straight narrative the author simply reports a series of events,” (Page 29)
“The narratives in the Old Testament belong partly to the ‘traditional’ category, and partly to genuine, fact-bound history.” (Page 15)
- Title: Storytelling in the Bible
- Author: Jacob Licht
- Publisher: Magnes Press
- Publication Date: 1985
- Pages: 154