People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0802841775
- ISBN-13
- 9780802841773
- Series
- People of the Book
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 396
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
- Author
- David Lyle Jeffrey
Description
The author examines the "cultural and literary identity among Western Christians which the centrality of 'the Book' has helped to create, and the Christian use of the phrase 'People of the book.'"--Preface.
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