The Poetics of Biblical Narrative, Sternberg's last book, established a new level of sophistication for biblical analysis. In Hebrews between Cultures, he shifts his focus from individual identity to the group, in this case the Hebrews. Sternberg's analysis of the development in the Bible of the Hebrew identity (and alternate identities) is brilliant, challenging, intellectually rigorous and unusual, and almost always unexpected and dramatic.
The Hebrews in the "Hebrew" Bible: Culture-Blindness, Crosscultural Romance, Intercultural Poetics Heterocultural (Mis)Representation in Inverted Commas: Outsiders at Name-Calling Proteus in Culture-Land: Stereotypes, Metastereotypes, and Idolatry The Translated Self in Adverse Encounter Intergroup Dramas in the Secret Life Dissonant Discourse, National Discord: Echoing Outgroup Parlance at In-Fighting Slave Law: Outside Parallel and Internal Process In-Group Servitude Between Yes and No: The Law's Rhetoric of Deterrence Law, Narrative, and the Poetics of Genesis
Meir Sternberg is author of The Poetics of Biblical Narrative and other books and numerous articles.