World of Bible as Literature, The

By Alter, Robert
Harvard University Press, 1990, paperback; Out of print

Alter, a noted scholar of the Bible as literature, complements his previous studies (such as The Art of Biblical Narrative) by continuing to explore the assumptions that make a literary reading of the Bible possible.

Examples of Alter's detailed literary analyses of several typically laconic texts reveal the hidden richness of syntax, motifs, and allusion.