In our last post, we began to explore the rules of the game for one particular biblical genre: historical narrative. This is a vitally important genre to properly understand, as it is far and away the largest type of literature found in the bible (at least 50%!). We discussed the fact that historical narratives are […]
Historical narratives are historical narratives
December 8, 2016 By Rich Herbster
Filed Under: Bulletin Board, Rich's Blog Tagged With: Bible as History, bible as mythology, genre, Historical Narrative
“Tell Me A Story”: Interpreting Historical narrative
October 26, 2016 By Rich Herbster
Who doesn’t love a good story? We all do. People tell ghost stories around campfires. Kids want a bedtime story before bed. We watch TV shows and movies, which (with the exception of “reality” TV) allow us to escape into the story of some fictitious (or historical) narrative. We read novels – murder mysteries, Amish […]
Filed Under: Bulletin Board, Rich's Blog Tagged With: Bible as History, genre, Historical Narrative, Myth, Story