Transformations in Biblical Literary Traditions : Incarnation, Narrative, and Ethics--Essays in Honor of David Lyle Jeffrey.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (357 pages)
- Notre Dame Studies in Ethics and Culture Series .
- Notre Dame Studies in Ethics and Culture Series .
Cover -- Half title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: European Biblical Cultures -- Chapter 1: Latin Pedagogy and Ethical Endsin the "Royal Grammar" (1542) -- Chapter 2: "Propter nos" and Paradise Lost -- Chapter 3: Books and Their Readers -- Chapter 4: Backing into the Future -- Chapter 5: Did Napoleon Exist? -- Chapter 6: The Nouvelle Humanism of Henri de Lubac and G.K. Chesterton -- Chapter 7: "A Brother Helped by a Brother" -- Part II: Dissemination of Biblical Traditions -- Chapter 8: Revelation of the Word -- Chapter 9: The Bible in Canada and the United States -- Chapter 10: Samson and Self-Destroying Evil -- Chapter 11: Medieval Biblical Drama in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- Chapter 12: Interdisciplinary Studies of Literature and Religion in China -- Chapter 13: Friend and Guide -- Bibliography of David Lyle Jeffrey's Published Works -- Contributors -- Index.
These essays not only acknowledge and clarify Jeffrey's achievement but also extend it in their attention to literary, philosophical, and religious works of the West.