Series Preface

Editors’ Preface

Abbreviations

‘Introduction’

Paul R. House - The Rise and Current Status of Literary Criticism of the Old Testament

‘Scripture and Literary Criticism’

Introduction

David J. A. Clines - Story and Poem: The Old Testament as Literature and as Scripture

Krister Stendahl - The Bible as a Classic and the Bible as Holy Scripture

‘Rhetorical Analysis’

Introduction

James Muilenburg - Form Criticism and Beyond

J. Kenneth Kuntz - Psalm 18: A Rhetorical-Critical Analysis

‘Structuralist Analysis’

Introduction

Richard Jacobson - The Structuralists and the Bible

Jean Calloud - A Few Comments on Structural Semiotics: A Brief Review of a Method and Some Explanation of Procedures

Daniel Patte and Judson F. Parker - A Structural Exegesis of Genesis 2 and 3

‘Formalism and Narrative’

Introduction

1. Methodology: Robert Alter - A Literary Approach to the Bible

2. Structure: Shimon Bar-Efrat - Some Observations on the Analysis of Structure in Biblical Narrative

3. Plot: Barbara Green - The Plot of the Biblical Story of Ruth

4. Characterization: Adele Berlin - Characterization in Biblical Narrative: David’s Wives

5. Narration: Meir Sternberg - The Bible’s Art of Persuasion: Ideology, Rhetoric, and Poetics in Saul’s Fall

6. Genre: J. Cheryl Exum and J. Williams Whedbee - Isaac, Samson, and Saul: Reflections on the Comic and Tragic Visions

‘Analysis of Hebrew Poetry’

Introduction

Adele Berlin - The Grammatical Aspect of Biblical Parallelism

J. Cheryl Exum - Of Broken Pots, Fluttering Birds, and Visions in the Night: Extended Simile and Poetic Technique in Isaiah

‘Reader-Response Analysis’

Introduction

Robert M. Fowler - Who Is ‘The Reader’ in Reader Response Criticism?

Willem S. Vorster - Readings, Readers, and the Succession Narrative: An Essay on Reception

‘The Future of Old Testament Literary Criticism’

Introduction

1. Narrative: David M. Gunn - New Directions in the Study of Biblical Hebrew Narrative

2. Poetry: Mona West - Looking for the Poem: Reflections on the Current and Future Status of the Study of Biblical Hebrew Poetry

Index of Authorities

Index of Scripture References