The Biography of Ancient Israel: National Narratives in the Bible Book

General and specific. Broad and precise. Amit covers a significant amount of material in a detailed, concise, and readable manner. Her thesis: The bible must be interpreted with its own set of interpretive tools and methodological considerations. The narrators of scripture tell their stories in a specific way; picking up on these patterns aids the reader in interpreting its meaning. The particular and distinct nature of the biblical stories must be observed before an accurate, close, and faithful interpretation can be applied to them. Her task: to trace the categories of biblical narrative systematically, in light of literary theory and narrative criticism.