The Heart of Biblical Narrative

Modern biblical scholarship has long been preoccupied with therelationship between history and doctrine. Karl A. Kuhn argues that anoverly rational approach to the thought of the biblical authors missesthe equally important but long neglected affective dimension ofbiblical narrative.

In Part I of The Heart of Biblical Narrative, Kuhn presents anapproach to the Bible that applies "affective analysis" to get at a"cardiography of biblical narrative." Biblical narrative in bothIsrael's scripture...