People of the Book

Christian Identity and Literary Culture

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David Lyle Jeffrey

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Paperback / softback

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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.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

August 8th, 1996

Author

David Lyle Jeffrey

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

1, black & white illustrations

Pages

420

Dimensions

152x229x23

ISBN-13

9780802841773

Product ID

2006117

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