The literary guide to the Bible </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Alter, Robert</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1935-...)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>The Belknap Press of Harvard University</publisher> <dateIssued>1987</dateIssued> <edition>1st.</edition> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>678tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>26cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>In a literary critique of the Bible, an international and interdenominational team of biblical and literary scholars analyze the structures, themes, narrative techniques, and poetic forms of the Old and New Testaments.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Robert Alter</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- literary</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">220.3</classification> <classification authority="ddc">R639-A47</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0674875303</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/1/25/20200223170848182237_938e2331c722140913b135f1e65056c6.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/1/25/20200223170848182237_938e2331c722140913b135f1e65056c6.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070458.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>