David Lyle Jeffrey (PhD Princeton) is Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities at Baylor University. His books include A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature(Eerdmans, 1992), The Early English Lyric and Franciscan Spirituality (Cambridge University Press, 1975),  The Law of Love: English Spirituality in the Age of Wyclif (Eerdmans, 1988; 2001), People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture (Eerdmans, 1996), Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture (Baylor University Press, 2003).