| People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture Contributor(s): Jeffrey, David Lyle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802841775 ISBN-13: 9780802841773 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $33.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1996 Annotation: By what means can the original scriptural purpose of Word and Book be more accurately reflected in contemporary analysis? How might that purpose better inform discussion on all sides concerning the central place of the Book in Christian identity and literary culture? Perhaps, Jeffrey suggests, by recognizing that for Christian "people of the Book", at least, the proper function of the text, like the function of words themselves, is to be instrumental to human redemption, the redemption not only of personal meaning but of community meaning and, finally, of that communion with the Author that begins when the Word is taken to heart, ingested, incorporated, and made flesh in the actions of everyday life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Reference - Religion | Biblical Studies - General - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 220.09 |
| LCCN: 96006419 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book David Lyle Jeffrey seeks to characterize illustratively the historical commitment of Christianity to the literacy and literature of Western culture. Against postmodernist tendencies to deride the historical commitment to meaning in Western art and literature as a regressive "logocentrism," Jeffrey argues that the biblical tradition-the cultural and literary identity forged among Western Christians by virtue of being a "People of the Book"-has in fact given rise to Western literacy. Jeffrey looks at the Christian "grand narrative" as it is reflected in Western literature, making apt use of the visual arts by incorporating a series of twenty-eight black-and-white illustrations that enrich and fortify the story it tells. |