Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative

Poetics, the science of literature, makes us aware of how texts achieve their meaning. Poetics aids inter- pretation. If we know how texts mean, we are in a better position to discover what a particular text means. This is a book that offers fundamental guidelines for the sensitive reading and understanding of biblical stories. This book from a liberal perspective for the academic/scholar contains non-transliterated Hebrew, chapter notes, bibliography, indices.