Collected Works of Northrop Frye: The Great Code (Hardcover)

from charlie68

It is a book that interprets the bible quite aptly, I found it stimulating of profoundly spiritual thoughts. It is quite a dense read however, and for light readers a dictionary might be necessary. For Christians keep some of Mr. Frye's views loosely and you'll get an awful lot out of this book.

from GAW

Thoughts as I read this book (2/13/2010): This is a book about the literary nature of the Bible from the perspective of a literary critic. It is a challenging read, but well worth the struggle. One objective the author had for this book was, "What follows attempts to extract the introductory and ...

from KirkLowery

This book is Frye's take on the Bible and its meaning. As a literary critic, he's clearly out of his element tackling the Bible: he makes egregious mistakes, is dependent upon biblical scholars for essential ideas, and presents his own without a context. And this lack of context shows. His views ...

from kant1066

"The Great Code" really re-configured the way that I conceive of the Bible as a literary document. After two centuries of historical criticism (or narrative criticism as it's called when applied to the Bible), it is refreshing to see a whole new interpretive methodology which looks inward at the ...

from kant1066

"The Great Code" really re-configured the way that I conceive of the Bible as a literary document. After two centuries of historical criticism (or narrative criticism as it's called when applied to the Bible), it is refreshing to see a whole new interpretive methodology which looks inward at the ...