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A Safe Place: laying the groundwork of psychotherapy

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Overview

Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years.

This literary guide leads the reader toward an understanding and appreciation of a book that has shaped the minds of men and women for two millenia and more. Provides an analysis of the Bible's structures, themes, narrative techniques and poetic forms. 1 line illustration.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780674000858
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press
  • Publication date: 12/1/1999
  • Pages: 678
  • Product dimensions: 6.90 (w) x 10.23 (h) x 1.76 (d)

Meet the Author

Leston Havens was Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Hospital.

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Table of Contents

General Introduction
Robert Alter and Frank Kermode

The Old Testament

Introduction
Robert Alter
Genesis
J. P. Fokkelman
Exodus
J. P. Fokkelman
Leviticus
David Damrosch
Numbers
James S. Ackerman
Deuteronomy
Robert Polzin
Joshua and Judges
David M. Gunn
1 and 2 Samuel
Joel Rosenberg
1 and 2 Kings
George Savran
Isaiah
Luis Alonso Schökel
Jeremiah and Ezekiel
Joel Rosenberg
The Twelve Prophets
Herbert Marks
Jonah
James S. Ackerman
Psalms
Robert Alter
Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
James G. Williams
Job
Moshe Greenberg
The Song of Songs
Francis Landy
Ruth
Jack M. Sasson
Lamentations
Francis Landy
Esther
Jack M. Sasson
Daniel
Shemaryahu Talmon
Ezra and Nehemiah
Shemaryahu Talmon
1 and 2 Chronicles
Shemaryahu Talmon

The New Testament

Introduction
Frank Kermode
Matthew
Frank Kermode
Mark
John Drury
Luke
John Drury
John
Frank Kermode
Acts
James M. Robinson
The Pauline Epistles
Michael Goulder
The Epistle to the Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles
Gabriel Josipovici
Revelation
Bernard McGinn

General Essays

The Hebrew Bible and Canaanite Literature
Jonas C. Greenfield
The New Testament and Greco-Roman Writing
Helen Elsom
Fishing for Men on the Edge of the Wilderness
Edmund Leach
The Canon
Frank Kermode
The Characteristics of Ancient Hebrew Poetry
Robert Alter
Midrash and Allegory
Gerald L. Bruns
English Translations of the Bible
Gerald Hammond

Glossary
Index

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