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Scribner
May 1997
On Sale: May 14, 1997
288 pages
ISBN: 068483281X
EAN: 9780684832814
Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Religion
A decade after he published his famous first novel, A Long
and Happy Life, Reynolds Price began a serious study of the
Hebrew and Greek narratives which combine to form that
crucial document of Western civilization we call the Bible.
Since early childhood, Price had known Bible stories of
patriarchs, kings, prophets, and the boldly assertive women
of Ancient Israel, as well as the four-fold gospel story of
the life of Jesus -- another Jew whose career has exerted
immense fascination on subsequent history. In Price's early middle age, however, he felt compelled to
go further than simple reading; he began to investigate the
rudiments of the Bible stories as deeply as possible. He
focused on the Hebrew and Greek originals that are
unquestionably the most discussed and annotated texts with
the close assistance of other literal versions and of
numerous scholarly commentaries, old and modern. He was
likewise encouraged and helped by frequent discussions with
distinguished scholar-colleagues at Duke University, where
he has taught since 1958.
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