People of the Book by David Lyle Jeffrey
This astute and challenging work by David Lyle Jeffrey seeks to characterize illustratively the historic commitment of Christianity to the literacy and literature of Western culture. Against postmodernist tendencies to divide 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 here offers a fresh and generous look 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 serves to enrich and fortify the story it tells.
Jeffrey, David Lyle: - David Lyle Jeffrey (PhD, Princeton University) is Distinguished Professor of Literature and the Humanities at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and professor emeritus of English literature at the University of Ottawa. He has written numerous books, including A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature, People of the Book, In the Beauty of Holiness, and a commentary on the Gospel of Luke.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802841773 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802841775 |
| Title | People of the Book |
| Author | David Lyle Jeffrey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. |
| Year published | 1996-08-08 |
| Number of pages | 420 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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