An excellent practical introduction to narrtive readings
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Ten chapters demonstrate how to read the Bible as a collection of narratives, using specific stories to demonstrate the construction of plots, the skill in determining where a story is to begin or end (closure) and how a story can say something different when it is related differently to what precedes or follows, characters and how to classify them, the variety of possible endings, the role of the reader and the art of reading. Its roots are clearly in various theories of narrative theology, and it is well referenced, with a good bibliography and a glossary of technical terms, of which there are many. It is a D-I-Y guide, concerned less with finding fresh answers and more with a different sort of exploration, with exercises and suggestions as to where to go next. More a study guide than a reference book. Ideal for preachers, Bible students or a series of church discussion groups and well up to the standard of other titles in this popular SCM 'How to . . .' series
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