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Michael Jinkins
Insights
The Faculty Journal of Austin Seminary
Fall 2000
Volume 116Number 1
Editor:
Michael Jinkins
Editorial Board:
Scott Black Johnston, Timothy Kubatzky,Michael Miller, and Randal Whittington
The editorial board of
Insights
wishes to express its gratitude for the work Terry Muck did as editor (1991-2000); for the energy, intelligence, imagination, humor,and grace with which he engaged in this work.
Insights:The Faculty Journal of Austin Seminary
is published each spring and fall by AustinPresbyterian Theological Seminary, 100 East 27th Street, Austin, TX 78705-5797e-mail: mjinkins@austinseminary.eduhttp://www.austinseminary.edu/
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COVER:
“Job Lot Cheap,” by William Harnett, 1878. Reproduced with permission fromReynolda House, Museum of American Art.
Never judge a book by its cover—nor an issue of
Insights
. William Harnett’s enigmatically titled “Job Lot Cheap” exemplifies 19th-century
trompe l’oeil
(trick of the eye) painting; this edition of
Insights
is dedicated to a century of books that, in one way or another, have illuminated or illustrated the truth of the gospel. Harnett's work is a masterpiece of surfaces;this journal urges readers to lose themselves in deep landscapes of fiction, theological inquiry,cultural critique, and personal reflection. Paying homage to 17th-century Dutch still lifes,Harnett’s painting is a meditation on the theme of
memento mori
(transitory symbols of death);
Insights
is dedicated to those works of recent years that will endure and bring life and imagination to future generations. Perhaps one analogy rings true: “Job Lot Cheap” heaps twenty-two volumes together on one common table; we pray that this issue of
Insights—
replete with offerings from our twenty-two contributors—will nourish and sustain you with food for thought.
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