As part of this series the text introduces the reader to literary approaches in the interpretation of Hebrew narrative. By alternating chapters on theory (which themselves contain many examples) with those on biblical texts, the work seeks a balance between theory and application. Discussions of characterization, plot, parallelism, allusion, intertextuality and ideology are included. Except for the politically correct ideology which dominates the book, it rejects interpretive judgments. Many biblical texts receive a variety of readings which are mutually exclusive of one another. Forty-four pages of bibliography, divided according to topic, conclude the book.

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