People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary CultureEerdmans, 1996 - 396 pages 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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... follow I try to let Bloom and Derrida prompt the agenda , but not determine it . The questions which I have asked will , I hope , reflect this effort . The most obvious of these questions are as follows : Is there such a thing as a ...
... follow I try to let Bloom and Derrida prompt the agenda , but not determine it . The questions which I have asked will , I hope , reflect this effort . The most obvious of these questions are as follows : Is there such a thing as a ...
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... follow that sectary , who , when he had burnt all his other books as human inventions , at last burnt the Bible , when he grew learned enough to understand that the translation of that was human too . RICHARD BAXTER ( 1673 ) That a ...
... follow that sectary , who , when he had burnt all his other books as human inventions , at last burnt the Bible , when he grew learned enough to understand that the translation of that was human too . RICHARD BAXTER ( 1673 ) That a ...
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... follow through with taharah , purification or catharsis , the crucial second step in what Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik has called the restoration of " spiritual viability . " 18 If we may follow Soloveitchik formally : for the narrative of ...
... follow through with taharah , purification or catharsis , the crucial second step in what Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik has called the restoration of " spiritual viability . " 18 If we may follow Soloveitchik formally : for the narrative of ...
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Logocentrism and Scriptural Tradition | 1 |
Scripture upon Scripture | 19 |
The Beautiful Captive | 71 |
Copyright | |
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