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The Humiliation of the Word

by Jacques Ellul · 1981

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Argues that visual reality has overcome verbal truth, examines the biblical distinction between truth and reality, and considers the impact of the visual on artists and intellectuals."

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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 300 pages

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