People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary CultureEerdmans, 1996 - 396 Seiten 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. |
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... poet no single human word can begin to capture what is suggested by these many attempts to speak about the revealed Word ; all human language , even that by which Torah is translated , is asymptotic , earnestly reaching toward its goal ...
... poet no single human word can begin to capture what is suggested by these many attempts to speak about the revealed Word ; all human language , even that by which Torah is translated , is asymptotic , earnestly reaching toward its goal ...
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... poet ( not just the poem ) to be most charitably , mercifully read by One who , beyond the poet's failings and the limits of language , can redeem intention in the human heart . That is , the poet does not presume to ask that he be made ...
... poet ( not just the poem ) to be most charitably , mercifully read by One who , beyond the poet's failings and the limits of language , can redeem intention in the human heart . That is , the poet does not presume to ask that he be made ...
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... poet . Each was a philosophical poet , a wisdom writer , gathering from the rich storehouse of classical , biblical , patristic , and more recent textual learning , and weaving texts of vibrant social criticism and ethical challenge ...
... poet . Each was a philosophical poet , a wisdom writer , gathering from the rich storehouse of classical , biblical , patristic , and more recent textual learning , and weaving texts of vibrant social criticism and ethical challenge ...
Inhalt
Logocentrism and Scriptural Tradition | 1 |
Scripture upon Scripture | 19 |
The Beautiful Captive | 71 |
Urheberrecht | |
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People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture David Lyle Jeffrey Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1996 |
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Albrecht Dürer allegory American Anglo-Saxon Arnold Augustine Augustine's authenticity authority become Bede beginning Bible biblical narrative called Canterbury Canterbury Tales century Chaucer Christ church Coleridge covenant creation critical culture D. L. Jeffrey Dame Dante death discourse divine doctrine emblem books English ethical example faithful Faust flesh gnostic God's Goethe's Gospel grace Harold Bloom heart Hebrew Hermeneutics Holy human Ibid imagination Incarnation intention interpretation Isaiah Jerome Jerome's Jesus Jewish John John Wyclif king language literal literary theory literature logocentrism Logos London Lord Luke meaning medieval Moses myth Old Testament Oxford pagan parable pilgrim poem poet poetry prologue prophets Puritan reader reading Religion repentance Saxon Scripture secular sense speak spiritual story symbol T. S. Eliot tale Tale of Melibee textual theology things thought tion Torah tradition trans translation truth typology understanding University Press Walker Percy wisdom Word writing Wyclif York