Yearly Archives: 2006

Robert Alter’s List of the Top Five Books on the Bible

Robert Alter’s list of the top five books on the Bible:
1. Mimesis by Erich Auerbach
2. The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative by Hans W. Frei
3. The Book of God by Gabriel Josipovici
4. Leviticus as Literature by Mary Douglas
5. The Biography of Ancient Israel by Ilana Pardes

The list was published in the Wall Street Journal.
What do you think of his list? Did he leave out anything more important? Are these books worth reading?

What CatholicBibleStudent Blog is About

I plan to use this blog to give you very helpful links for studying the Bible as Catholic. I also will use it to discuss current events in the world of Catholic Bible scholarship. We can use it to exchange ideas about reading and thinking about the Scriptures as a Catholic. Please post your comments and we can begin a great discussion. Let me know if you have any helpful links that you think I should post here.