How long does it take to read The Art of Biblical Narrative?
The Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter takes about 3 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 35 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 195 pages, about 53,625 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 14 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book offers a literary approach to the biblical text. Robert Alter brings numerous textual examples of the different types of biblical narrative, e.g., dialogue, repetition, narration.
Subjects: Bible, Narration in the Bible, Textual Criticism, Literaire structuur, Oude Testament, Verteltheorie
