The Great Code: The Bible and LiteratureConsidered by many to be Northrop Frye's magnum opus, The Great Code (1982) reflects a lifetime of thinking about the patterns and meanings of the Bible. In this new edition of The Great Code, Alvin A. Lee presents a corrected and fully annotated version of Frye's text, as well as a comprehensive introduction to help contextualize this important work and guide readers through its allusive passages. Lee's introduction provides a synoptic account of the role of the Bible in Frye's intellectual and spiritual odyssey, as well as a description of how The Great Code as a book came into existence, and an introductory critique of the shape and meaning of the book's argument. The Great Code is culturally allusive to a high degree. It takes much of its inspiration from the Bible itself, including a profusion of biblical passages, but also from the author's extensive reading of a host of other texts from ancient times until the late twentieth century. Lee's extensive annotation illustrates, beyond question, that Frye's knowledge of the Bible and how it has worked in Western culture was at once profound and visionary. This new edition not only re-presents Frye's text in a clear, correct, and fully annotated form, it goes a long way in helping us understand the widespread scholarly and popular reception that met this extraordinary and in some ways revolutionary book and how it can still be richly rewarding for readers. |
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... later , has tended to become attached only to the latter , and hence to mean " not really true . ” This is a vulgarism for many reasons , apart from the fact that it so often assumes a judgment on factuality long before we are in any ...
... later events recorded also within the Old Testament . Thus Aaron's making of a " golden calf " at the time of the Exodus ( Exodus 32 : 4 ) is a type of the later schismatic cult set up in the kingdom of Northern Israel ( 1 Kings 12:28 ) ...
... later assumed to be a prophecy of the future troubles of the Church , which left commentators on it free to identify ... later , is identified in the text with the Babylon that carried the Jews into captivity , and evidently also with ...
Contents
Contents | vii |
Abbreviations | xiii |
Editors Introduction | 10 |
Copyright | |
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