People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture - Hardcover

Jeffrey, David Lyle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802838170 ISBN 13: 9780802838179

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1996

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

David Lyle Jeffrey, author of People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture (1996) and Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture (2003) is Distinguished Professor of Literature and the Humanities at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0802838170
• ISBN 13: 9780802838179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 396