Writing on the Tablet of the Heart
Title | Writing on the Tablet of the Heart PDF eBook |
Author | David M. Carr |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2005-03-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0195346696 |
This book explores a new model for the production, revision, and reception of Biblical texts as Scripture. Building on recent studies of the oral/written interface in medieval, Greco-Roman and ancinet Near Eastern contexts, David Carr argues that in ancient Israel Biblical texts and other texts emerged as a support for an educational process in which written and oral dimensions were integrally intertwined. The point was not incising and reading texts on parchment or papyrus. The point was to enculturate ancient Israelites - particularly Israelite elites - by training them to memorize and recite a wide range of traditional literature that was seen as the cultural bedorck of the people: narrative, prophecy, prayer, and wisdom.
Writing on the Tablet of the Heart
Title | Writing on the Tablet of the Heart PDF eBook |
Author | David McLain Carr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Literature and society |
ISBN | 9780197742020 |
This book explores a new model for the production, revision, and reception of Biblical texts as Scripture. David Carr argues that in ancient Israel, Biblical texts and other texts emerged as a support for an educational process in which written and oral dimensions were integrally intertwined.
The Book of the Heart
Title | The Book of the Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Eric Jager |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2000-08 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780226391168 |
In today's increasingly electronic world, we say our personality traits are "hard-wired" and we "replay" our memories. But we use a different metaphor when we speak of someone "reading" another's mind or a desire to "turn over a new leaf"—these phrases refer to the "book of the self," an idea that dates from the beginnings of Western culture. Eric Jager traces the history and psychology of the self-as-text concept from antiquity to the modern day. He focuses especially on the Middle Ages, when the metaphor of a "book of the heart" modeled on the manuscript codex attained its most vivid expressions in literature and art. For instance, medieval saints' legends tell of martyrs whose hearts recorded divine inscriptions; lyrics and romances feature lovers whose hearts are inscribed with their passion; paintings depict hearts as books; and medieval scribes even produced manuscript codices shaped like hearts. "The Book of the Heart provides a fresh perspective on the influence of the book as artifact on our language and culture. Reading this book broadens our appreciation of the relationship between things and ideas."—Henry Petroski, author of The Book on the Bookshelf
The Shape of My Heart
Title | The Shape of My Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Aguirre |
Publisher | HQN Books |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0373779852 |
Some people wait decades to meet their soul mate. Courtney Kaufman suspects she met hers in high school--only to lose him at seventeen. Since then, Courtney's social life has been a series of meaningless encounters, though she's made a few close friends along the way. Especially her roommate, Max Cooper, who oozes damaged bad-boy vibes from every pore. Max knows about feeling lost--he's been on his own since he was sixteen. Now it's time to find out if he can ever go home again, and Courtney's the only one he trusts to go with him. But the trip to Providence could change everything.... It started out so simple. One misfit helping another. Now Max will do anything to show Courtney that for every heart that's ever been broken, there's another that can make it complete.
The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Title | The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1851 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Reading and Writing in the Time of Jesus
Title | Reading and Writing in the Time of Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Allan Millard |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2005-04-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780567083487 |
Jesus never wrote a book. Most scholars assume that information about Jesus was preserved only orally up until the writing of the Gospels, allowing ample time for the stories of Jesus to grow and diversify. Alan Millard here argues that written reports about Jesus could have been made during his lifetime and that some among his audiences and followers may very well have kept notes, first-hand documents that the Evangelists could weave into their narratives.
Written on Your Heart
Title | Written on Your Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Bob Arsenault |
Publisher | WestBow Press |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2017-10-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781512793734 |
Written on Your Heart is about how writing Scripture on the tablet of your heart will impact your life and deepen your walk with God. All Christians can and should memorize God's Word. After reading these pages, I believe you will feel the same way.