- The Genesis of Secrecy
- Frank Kermode
- Drawing on the venerable tradition of biblical interpretation, Kermode examines some enigmatic passages and episodes in the gospels. From his reading come ideas about what makes interpretation possible--and often impossible. He considers ways in which narratives acquire opacity, and he asks whether there are methods of distinguishing all possible meaning from a central meaning which gives the story its structure.
- Hardcover 1979 / Paperback
- The Literary Guide to the Bible
- Edited by Robert Alter
- Edited by Frank Kermode
- Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years.
- Hardcover 1987 / Paperback 1990
- Ruin the Sacred Truths
- Harold Bloom
- Bloom surveys with majestic view the literature of the West from the Old Testament to Samuel Beckett. In so doing, he uncovers the truth that all our attempts to call any strong work more sacred than another are merely political and social formulations.
- Hardcover 1989 / Paperback 1991