The Poetics of Biblical Narrative

Meir Sternberg's classic study is "an important book for those who seek to take the Bible seriously as a literary work." (Adele Berlin, Prooftexts)   In "a book to read and then reread" ( Modern Language Review), Meir Sternberg "has accomplished an enormous task, enriching our understanding of the theoretical basis of Biblical narrative and giving us insight into a remarkable number of particular texts." ( Journal of the American Academy of Religion). The result is a "a brilliant work" ( Choice) distinguished "both for his comprehensiveness and for the clearly-avowed faith stance from which he understands and interprets the strategies of the biblical narratives." ( Theological Studies). The Poetics of Biblical Narrative shows, in Adele Berlin's words, "more clearly and emphatically than any book I know, that the Bible is a serious literary work―a text manifesting a highly sophisticated and successful narrative poetics."