Children of the Holy Book: Characteristics of Christianity and Textual Traditions

Author: David She
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book powerfully illustrates the dominant role and lasting influence of the Bible in the formation of Western culture from various aspects such as Western religion, literature, history, philosophy, and painting. The author criticizes the distortion of Christian text theory in contemporary literary theory and proposes his own insights into Western literature and culture from a Christian perspective. Citing hundreds of books, including Middle English, German, French, Latin, Hebrew, and Greek, the author demonstrates remarkable erudition and profound insight into Western culture. This book is an indispensable reference work for interdisciplinary studies in Western literature, culture, and Christianity.