Books written by David Lyle Jeffrey
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In the Beauty of Holiness: Art and the Bible in Western Culture
Given the dating, the question naturally arises: Was it Constantine who made the sign of the cross publicly acceptable? In the first part of his reign, Constantine continued to crucify convicted slaves. Eusebius tells us that he later ...
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A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature
takes “ Paradise ” as a figurative expression signifying “ nothing other than human nature made in the image of God , ” so that the “ Fountain of Life ” or Divine Wisdom in Paradise issues forth ...
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People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture
In the autobiography of Oliver Heywood , the stock - taking soul is not necessarily , let alone primarily , a penitent in the older sense . Heywood's purpose is to compare my past and present state and obserue my proficiency in ...
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Luke
Beautifully written, this volume will prove equally valuable for study or contemplation, preaching or prayer. Truly one of the exemplary works in this popular series.
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Real Characters: A Tip of the Hat to Nonconformity
I first encountered Professor Robertson during the beginning week of my graduate work at Princeton. Unfamiliar as I was with Firestone Library, I was wandering in the B floor, endeavoring to be sure I had found the seminar room assigned ...
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Introduction to Poetry: British, American, Canadian
Robert Frost All selections from The Poetry of Robert Frost, edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Copyright 1916, 1923, 1928, 1930, 1939, © 1969 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Copyright 1942, 1944, 1951, © 1956, 1958 by Robert Frost.
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Scripture and the English Poetic Imagination
R. Hoffman, Ovid and the Canterbury Tales (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1966), 194, seems, in citing the reverse, inadvertently to have slipped here; see Metamorphoses 2.542ff.; Ovide Moralisé, 2143; Guillaume de ...
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William Cowper: Selected Poetry and Prose
William Cowper's rocky spiritual journey rose to great heights, yet, even to the end of his life, he intermittently descended to abysmal depths of psychological torment and despair.
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Christianity and Literature: Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice
In this book Jeffrey and Maillet offer a feast of theoretical and practical discernment.
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In the Beauty of Holiness: Art and the Bible in Western Culture
Austin, Michael. Explorations in Art, Theology, and Imagination. New York: Routledge, 2005. Avis, Paul. God and the Creative Imagination: Metaphor, Symbol, and Myth in Religion and Theology. London and New York: Routledge, 1999.
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The Law of Love: English Spirituality in the Age of Wyclif
This anthology, intended for the general reader and student alike, contains some of the best spiritual writings from the age of Wyclif, including a particularly rich representation from distinguished women....
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Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture
In Houses of the Interpreter, David Lyle Jeffrey explores the terrain of the cultural history of biblical interpretation.
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English Spirituality in the Age of Wesley
... sin's meaning in social terms - its cost to others ... society was community - oriented to a degree most of us now find difficult to imagine - unless perhaps we have lived in the country or in a small village . England in the fourteenth ...
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Luke (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)
Beautifully written, this volume will prove equally valuable for study or contemplation, preaching or prayer. Truly one of the exemplary works in this popular series.
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Real Characters: A Tip of the Hat to Nonconformity
This book is a reminder of just what a mistake that is—here you will meet some truly extraordinary people, from subsistence farmers, cattle ranchers, rodeo rascals, a miraculous middle school teacher, and a munificent unlicensed auto ...
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Rethinking the Future of the University
This distinguished collection of essays, edited under the direction of David Lyle Jeffrey and Dominic Manganiello, emerged from the discussions that surrounded the 1995-1996 McMartin Lectures.