How to Read Bible Stories: Authors, Narrators, Readers - and the a story of Tamar
Channel: The Caffeinated Bible
Date: 13/02/2021

There are three characters in every story but they are often never mentioned. These are the author, narrator, and the reader. What do we need to know about them to read the Bible better? How do these different characters influence how we read, understand, or teach the text? These are the questions we are going to look at.
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Books on Narratives & Biblical Interpretation:
Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative, (N.P.: Harper Collins, 1981)
One of the most influential works on this topic - examines narrative forms in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Available on Amazon: tinyurl.com/536m8uuw

Tremper Longman III, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, vol. 3 of Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987), 63-118.
Very clear introduction to the different literary styles contained in the Bible - clear and easily understood.
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 Gerkin, Charles V. The Living Human Document: Re-Visioning Pastoral Counseling in a Hermeneutical Mode. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984.
On Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/2h3xk6bv​

Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014, 4th ed.)
Examines all the different literary styles contained in the Bible and suggestions on how to read them. Great introduction to the various forms of biblical literature.



Books:
Reading the Bible with Giants: How 2000 Years of Biblical Interpretation Can Shed New Light on Old Texts. Second Edition, Cascade Books, 2015
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Reading the Bible with Giants on Apple Books
An interactive versions with images, video and other features not available in print versions - highly recommended if you have an iPad or Mac. Free sample chapter also.
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The philosophical basis behind reading the Bible in conversation with our tradition:
Reception Theory and Biblical Hermeneutics, Pickwick Publications, 2009.
https://wipfandstock.com/reception-theory-and-biblical-hermeneutics.html

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