8vo. x, 195 (1) pp, A Single Meaning: Notes on The Origins and Life of Narrative; A Note on Translation and Selection; The Stories (from Deueronomy; Genesis; Exodus; Numbers; Joshua; Samuel; Kings; The Good New According to Mark; Revelations). First Edition, 1978. Grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. ``By removing centuries of stylistic varnish, the author has stripped these thirty stories down to something approaching their original rough-hewn and reckless power, making it possible for us to hear them approaching their original rough-hewn and reckless power, making it possible for us to hear them almost as if for the first time." from the jacket flap.
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