...similarity to history per se—a unitary form, chronological framework, and so forth. Barr has argued: The long narrative corpus of the Old Testament seems...of story rather than that of history. Or, to put it in another way, it seems to merit entirely the title of story but only in part the title history (1980,...

...Bible in the Modem World, 56. 14. Roth, Story and Reality, 12, 31. Cf. James Barr, JR 56 (1976) 5: 'The long narrative corpus of the Old Testament seems...merit the title of story rather than that of history." Note how Barr reveals his presuppositions in describing the difference between "story" and "history":...

...of Religion 56 (1976) 117; repr. in The Scope and Authority of the Bible (London: SCM, 1980) 1-17. of the Old Testament seems to me, as a body of literature,...of story rather than that of history. Or, to put it in another way, it seems to merit entirely the title of story, but only in part the title of history."...

...literature. 11. Cf. J. Barr, 'Story and History in Biblical Theology', JR 56 (1977), pp. 1-17 (5): 'The long narrative corpus of the Old Testament seems...literature, to merit the title of story rather than of history'. 12. J. Blenkinsopp, 'Ballad Style and Psalm Style in the Song of Deborah', Bib 42(1961),...

...scholars use the term "story" to describe the OT historical narratives. For example, J. Barr states: d38]] the long narrative corpus of the Old Testament seems...literature, to merit the title of story rather than that of history.60 Barr enumerates some of the ways in which this material possesses the characteristics of...