People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture - Couverture souple

Jeffrey, David Lyle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802841775 ISBN 13 : 9780802841773

Editeur : William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1996

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Lyle Jeffrey is Distinguished Professor of Literature and the Humanities at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, and an eminent authority on the Bible, art, and culture. His previous books include People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802841775
• ISBN 13: 9780802841773
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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