Lit Guide to the Bible P

Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-0-674-87531-9
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 696 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 795 g

Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alter, Robert

Kermode, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Über Autor(innen)

Kermode, Frank
Frank Kermode (1919–2010) was a British literary critic and the author or editor of more than fifty books, including <i>The Sense of an Ending</i>, a defining work of fiction theory. A regular contributor to <i>London Review of Books</i> and the <i>New York Review of Books</i>, Kermode was knighted in 1991. He was King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at University of Cambridge.

Alter, Robert
Robert Alter is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of numerous critical works, including the prize-winning <i>The Art of Biblical Narrative</i>.