Saga, Legend, Tale, Novella, Fable: Narrative Forms in the Old Testament

The aim of these chapters is to show the value of genre studies for interpretation of particular texts. The book presents a definition of the five distinct narrative genres, each followed by an exegesis of a key text. In addition to Coat's chapters, Robert Neff writes on saga, Ronald Hals on legend, Lee Humphreys on novella, and Anne Vater Solomon on fable. An invaluable textbook.