Biblical Text & Texture: A Literary Reading of Selected Texts

The bible remains one of the major literary achievements of human history,
comprizing over 60 documents, with as many contributors, and composed over
many centuries. In this book, Michael Fishbane approaches the Hebrew Bible
from a literary point of view. He demonstrates how, just as orators use
particular techniques such as repetition and pause to convey their message in
the way they requie, so too the Hebrew Bible authors used a range of literary
devices to communicate a religious message applicable to particular
historical moments, each with their own political, moral and theological
contexts.