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<p>In this book David Lyle Jeffrey seeks to characterize illustratively the historical commitment of Christianity to the literacy and literature of Western culture.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.</p><h3>Calvin Theological Journal</h3><p>Jeffrey's book is without question a valuable contribution to hermeneutics, intellectual history, and literary theory. Its interdisciplinary outlook is combined with careful scholarship.... An outstanding work.</p>

Author

Jeffrey, David Lyle, 1941-

Publisher

Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans ; Cambridge, U.K.: Institute for Advanced Christian Studies

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802838179

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Literary Fiction