Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature

by Susan Niditch

Book Overview

This book is an essential resource for understanding the question of the Bible's relationship to orality. Susan Niditch offers a strong argument for the continuity of the literature of the Israelites. She helps the modern reader look at the Bible as living words, breathing life into us daily, instead of seeing the text as a foregone artifact. Volumes in the Library of Ancient Israel draw on multiple disciplines--such as archaeology, anthropology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664227244
• ISBN13: 9780664227241
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"