Piggy-backing onto an old thread to bump it.
The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeutics by Hans W. Frei
Why Narrative? Readings in Narrative Theology by Stanley M. Hauerwas, L. Gregory Jones
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Would love to see all the books on my Narrative Theology Listmania! list on Amazon.com available in Logos (a few already are), especially:
We now have some of these:
Why Narrative? Readings in Narrative Theology by Stanley Hauerwas https://www.logos.com/product/56727/why-narrative-readings-in-narrative-theology Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative by Adele Berlin https://www.logos.com/product/49621/poetics-and-interpretation-of-biblical-narrative What Is Narrative Criticism? (Guides to Biblical Scholarship New Testament Series) by Mark Allan Powell https://www.logos.com/product/164583/what-is-narrative-criticism Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (Oxford Bible) by D. M. Gunn https://www.logos.com/product/163577/narrative-in-the-hebrew-bible Mark as Story by David M. Rhoads https://www.logos.com/product/52869/mark-as-story-an-introduction-to-the-narrative-of-a-gospel-3rd-ed
https://www.logos.com/product/56727/why-narrative-readings-in-narrative-theology
https://www.logos.com/product/49621/poetics-and-interpretation-of-biblical-narrative
https://www.logos.com/product/164583/what-is-narrative-criticism
https://www.logos.com/product/163577/narrative-in-the-hebrew-bible
https://www.logos.com/product/52869/mark-as-story-an-introduction-to-the-narrative-of-a-gospel-3rd-ed
But we still need these ones:
The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading (Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature) by Meir Sternberg A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible by Leland Ryken How to Read the Bible as Literature by Leland Ryken The Art Of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter The Art Of Biblical Poetry by Robert Alter The Literary Guide to the Bible by Frank Kermode The Great Code: The Bible and Literature by Northrop Frye Words with Power: Being a Second Study of "The Bible and Literature" by Northrop Frye The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics by Hans W. Frei The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary by John H. Sailhamer The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative (Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Frank Kermode Narrative Criticism of the New Testament: An Introduction by James L. Resseguie Reading Biblical Narrative: An Introductory Guide by J. P. Fokkelman Reading Biblical Poetry: An Introductory Guide by J. P. Fokkelman Narrative Art in Genesis: Specimens of Stylistic and Structural Analysis by J. P. Fokkelman He Gave Us Stories: The Bible Student's Guide to Interpreting Old Testament Narratives by Richard L. Pratt
We now have some of these: Why Narrative? Readings in Narrative Theology by Stanley Hauerwas https://www.logos.com/product/56727/why-narrative-readings-in-narrative-theology Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative by Adele Berlin https://www.logos.com/product/49621/poetics-and-interpretation-of-biblical-narrative What Is Narrative Criticism? (Guides to Biblical Scholarship New Testament Series) by Mark Allan Powell https://www.logos.com/product/164583/what-is-narrative-criticism Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (Oxford Bible) by D. M. Gunn https://www.logos.com/product/163577/narrative-in-the-hebrew-bible Mark as Story by David M. Rhoads https://www.logos.com/product/52869/mark-as-story-an-introduction-to-the-narrative-of-a-gospel-3rd-ed
Also related:
Thanks a lot for the info!
I recently found and bought https://www.logos.com/product/6528/poetics-for-the-gospels-rethinking-narrative-criticism and plan to read it this year. Did not find those others.
For these:
I dug out the links:
https://www.logos.com/product/32169/matthew-as-story-2nd-ed
https://www.logos.com/product/6527/characterization-in-the-gospels-reconceiving-narrative-criticism
https://www.logos.com/product/6528/poetics-for-the-gospels-rethinking-narrative-criticism
(Syreeni and Merenlahti are Finns, in case you appreciate that)
Lexam methods has a very short introduction to narrative hermeneutics: https://www.logos.com/product/129139/lexham-methods-series-literary-approaches-to-the-bible
Syreeni and Merenlahti are Finn
Totally off topic: For North Americans of my age this brings to mind Tales from a Finnish Tupa. As a small child, I thought it was "tuba" like my brother played in the marching band.[:O]
We now have some of these: Why Narrative? Readings in Narrative Theology by Stanley Hauerwas https://www.logos.com/product/56727/why-narrative-readings-in-narrative-theology Poetics and Interpretation of Biblical Narrative by Adele Berlin https://www.logos.com/product/49621/poetics-and-interpretation-of-biblical-narrative What Is Narrative Criticism? (Guides to Biblical Scholarship New Testament Series) by Mark Allan Powell https://www.logos.com/product/164583/what-is-narrative-criticism Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (Oxford Bible) by D. M. Gunn https://www.logos.com/product/163577/narrative-in-the-hebrew-bible Mark as Story by David M. Rhoads https://www.logos.com/product/52869/mark-as-story-an-introduction-to-the-narrative-of-a-gospel-3rd-ed But we still need these ones: The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading (Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature) by Meir Sternberg A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible by Leland Ryken How to Read the Bible as Literature by Leland Ryken The Art Of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter The Art Of Biblical Poetry by Robert Alter The Literary Guide to the Bible by Frank Kermode The Great Code: The Bible and Literature by Northrop Frye Words with Power: Being a Second Study of "The Bible and Literature" by Northrop Frye The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics by Hans W. Frei The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary by John H. Sailhamer The Genesis of Secrecy: On the Interpretation of Narrative (Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Frank Kermode Narrative Criticism of the New Testament: An Introduction by James L. Resseguie Reading Biblical Narrative: An Introductory Guide by J. P. Fokkelman Reading Biblical Poetry: An Introductory Guide by J. P. Fokkelman Narrative Art in Genesis: Specimens of Stylistic and Structural Analysis by J. P. Fokkelman He Gave Us Stories: The Bible Student's Guide to Interpreting Old Testament Narratives by Richard L. Pratt
I've purchased about 1/3 of the above titles in the last year and about another 1/3 are on my "soon to purchase" list. Since I know there are many Robert Alter aficionados on the forum, it bears pointing out that Kermode's The Literary Guide to the Bible is co-edited by Alter (they share real estate on the spine).
Alter has received much support on the forum, but I'm still not sure that a majority of folks comprehend how important many of these titles are in terms of developing a coherent understanding of the Bible's message. Ideas that have managed to gain purchase (such as historio-critical moves and various doctrinal movements) take significant jabs to the solar plexus as a result of some of the insights gained from the kinds of analysis found in these resources. Many of these titles are in the "must have" category for serious Bible students. I hope more people will voice their support for these titles.
Might as well add Gary Rendsburg‘s recent book to the list, How the Bible is Written
Just received it Wednesday.
It would be a wonderful addition and immensely enhanced by its inclusion in Logos.
That does look good - thanks for mentioning it.
I find myself immediately less hopeful that How the Bible is Written will be a beacon of insight in light shade of his other title, The Redaction of Genesis. Even though his take on the redaction "process" is (it seems) fundamentally different than is typical of Biblical scholars who traffic in the idea, it still appears that his approach doesn't account for the simple fact of prophecy. People can't prophesy in the way the Bible does. Period. There is, and can only be, one Author of Scripture. Because there isn't a single book of the Bible that isn't utterly saturated with intricately woven prophecy, any discussion of "differing authorial voices" is a notion that is fundamentally crippled if not altogether stillborn. While it is within the realm of possibility (however unlikely) that YHWH chose to employ the extraordinarily complex path of assemblage proposed by redactional critics, whatever their stripe, I seriously doubt that much if anything that is useful will come from the inherently uncertain and speculative assumptions that are employed in the reverse-engineering process...never mind the inexplicable fact that not a single scrap of the dozens of speculated proto-documents has ever been found.
That said, Rendsburg's book (TRoG) does focus on narrative and poetic elements of the Bible's construction that might provide insight to readers that ultimately have little or nothing to do with actual redaction (as typically envisioned). It may be worth a read for those reasons alone. I would suggest that TRoG be added to the list of titles this thread is assembling, but there is no need. It is already in Logos. Thankfully, I already own it. Perhaps I can shoe-horn it into my "must read" list, already glutted with dozens of other titles.
This is also already in Logos.
The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary by John H. Sailhamer
Yay, this one is now in pre-pub!
https://www.logos.com/product/189780/the-pentateuch-as-narrative-a-biblical-theological-commentary
This one is now in pre-pub:
https://www.logos.com/product/204323/the-eclipse-of-biblical-narrative-a-study-in-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century-hermeneutics
Another update a few years on. As of April 4, 2019, we still needed these ones:
Since then the following have been published by Logos (links updated to point to the Logos title):
The others on my old list I have dropped since they are not as important.
We need more of these books in Logos.
The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading (Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature) by Meir Sternberg
This one is now available. Showed up in around March 2024, but I didn't noticed it at the time:
The Poetics of Biblical Narrative: Ideological Literature and the Drama of Reading
