Typological Imaginary
In this book Kathleen Biddick investigates the fate of the enduring timelines fabricated by early Christians to distinguish themselves from their Jewish neighbors. Ranging widely across the history of text, technology, and book art, she relates three interwoven stories: the Christians'' translation of circumcision into a graphic problem of writing on the heart; the temporal construction of Christi...
In this book Kathleen Biddick investigates the fate of the enduring timelines fabricated by early Christians to distinguish themselves from their Jewish neighbors. Ranging widely across the history of text, technology, and book art, she relates three interwoven stories: the Christians'' translation of circumcision into a graphic problem of writing on the heart; the temporal construction of Christi...
