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The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780465025558
Publication Date: 2011
In this seminal work, Alter describes how the Hebrew Bible's many authors used innovative literary styles and devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of all time: the revelation of a single God. In so doing, Alter shows, these writers reshaped not only history but also the art of storytelling itself.
The Art of Biblical Poetry by Robert Alter
Call Number: eBook, click the title to view the book online.
ISBN: 9780465028191
Publication Date: 2011
In The Art of Biblical Poetry, his companion to the seminal The Art of Biblical Narrative, Alter takes his analysis beyond narrative craft to investigate the use of Hebrew poetry in the Bible. Updated with a new preface, myriad revisions, and passages from critically acclaimed biblical translations, The Art of Biblical Poetry is an indispensable tool for understanding the Bible and its poetry.
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery by Leland Ryken (Editor); James C. Wilhoit (Editor); Tremper Longman (Editor)
Call Number: eBook, click the title to view the book online.
ISBN: 9780830814510
Publication Date: 1998
The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery is dedicated to exploring the images, symbols, motifs, metaphors, and literary patterns found in the Bible. More than that, it examines the Bible's universal archetypes or master images--including the plot motifs and character types that recur throughout life, literature, and the Bible. It captures the plotted patterns of the biblical narrative.
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament by Craig S. Keener
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780830877829
Publication Date: 2014

Video Resources

Living a Biblical Narrative segment from In God's Image
Video narrated by Bill Moyers with several religious scholars including Bruggeman and Weems discussing narratives of the Bible.

Ministry Matters™ as a resource to learn more about genres

Ministry Matters™ is a great place to start looking for general, overview information relating to the genre paper.

Once the link below opens you have a couple of choices to find information:

Use the right side menu to open the different volumes, this shows the genre introduction. For example, clicking on Nib Volume 2 shows a link to an article about Narrative Literature and Volume 6 would be Prophetic Literature.
Use the table of contents links on the right to open the text. Note: some pages may be blank. If that happens click the next item in the table of contents.
To find a genre: Choose the 'Search' tab on the left and enter the genre topic in the search box. You can limit your search to the NIB Dictionary or broaden it to search the entire Ministry Matters™ library.

[Video] Using the New Interpreter's Bible Dictionary, Online through Ministry Matters
View this 5min 09 sec video to learn how to access content from the NIB Dictionary found in Ministry Matters™.

Ministry Matters™ This link opens in a new window
Click the link above to begin your search in Ministry Matters™ database.

Direct links to articles in the New Interpreter's Bible Dictionary (NIB) in Ministry Matters™ on varying genres.

eBook Resources for the Genre Paper

Below are the listed genres for your Genre Study paper

The links will take you to Waggoner library's Discovery Search where you can see what eBook titles are available on your topic. Please remember that not everything on the result will be applicable to your research. The result list is based on a keyword search which means it brings back a broader list of results. Use these as a starting point, add your own words and phrases for a new search. You could discover something wonderful!

Journal Articles from ATLA by Genre

Start here to find journal articles on the different genres in Biblical literature. Besides journal articles, the ATLA Religion Database includes essays and book reviews. Use filters/limiters on the left side menu to expand or narrow results as needed. For those articles that do not have the full text, use Interlibrary Loan to obtain the full text. View information about ILL here

General Genre in the Bible articles

A general search using 'genre in the Bible' as search terms.
Use the limiters on the left to continue to build your search.
Exemplary Article: Basta, P. (2021). The Gospel as Literary Genre and Form of Language.

APA citation:
Basta, P. (2021). The Gospel as literary genre and form of language. The Biblical Annals, 11(3), 441–457. https://doi.org/10.31743/biban.12683

Specific Links to Articles from ATLA by Genre

General Religion Library Databases

Ministry Matters™ This link opens in a new window
Ministry articles, blog posts, and theological reference eBooks for all aspects of ministry.
Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy This link opens in a new window
Deals with the impact that religion and philosophy have had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Articles on Biblical narrative and genres, book chapters downloads, and research reports on this topic
Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary, open access, digital resource of books, literature, multimedia material, and archives collected in response to the global need for access to resources for education, lifelong learning, and specifically ministerial preparation.

Religion Web Tools

STEP (Scripture Tools for Every Person)

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