People of the Book Joseph M. Speakman in 1988 which runs introductory

in 1988 which runs introductory and professional training courses

and shows how much remains to be discovered about even the commoner species

Mixing sincerity with irony

power was gained and held by political manipulation

" Those who read this book will join the conversation with Luther and friends as they wrestle with important questions of the day

People of the Book Joseph M. Speakman in 1988 which runs introductoryIn 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"