- Bible as literature, God, Criticism, interpretation, Bible
Miles shows us God in the guise of a great literary character, the hero of the Old Testament. In a close, careful, and inspired reading of that testament - book by book, verse by verse - God is seen from his first appearance as Creator to his last as Ancient of Days.
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Epic, grave, contemplative and prestige.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Jack Miles
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 446
- Publisher
- Touchstone, Random House Value Publishing, Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780671711788
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“Can a literary character be said to live a life from birth to death or otherwise to undergo a development from beginning to end?”
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