Paradise Lost and the Genesis TraditionRevised version of author's thesis, University of Oxford, 1963. |
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Page 147
... Heaven ' , ' wine - hall of the proud ' , ' travel the paths of exile ' . Compare The Wanderer , 1. 5 ; The Seafarer , l . 57 . 3 Ibid . 36-166 . ' Where has the glory of the angels gone , which we used to have in Heaven ? ... Alas the ...
... Heaven ' , ' wine - hall of the proud ' , ' travel the paths of exile ' . Compare The Wanderer , 1. 5 ; The Seafarer , l . 57 . 3 Ibid . 36-166 . ' Where has the glory of the angels gone , which we used to have in Heaven ? ... Alas the ...
Page 199
... Heaven , 2 he informs the audience that he intends to prevent his rival from achieving this exalted destiny : Shold suche a Caytife , made of claye , have suche blisse ? nay , be my laye ! for I shall teache his wife a playe , and I ...
... Heaven , 2 he informs the audience that he intends to prevent his rival from achieving this exalted destiny : Shold suche a Caytife , made of claye , have suche blisse ? nay , be my laye ! for I shall teache his wife a playe , and I ...
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... Heaven concerning the creation of some new race , he continues : Though Heav'n be shut , And Heav'ns high Arbitrator sit secure In his own strength , this place may lye expos'd The utmost border of his Kingdom , left To their defence ...
... Heaven concerning the creation of some new race , he continues : Though Heav'n be shut , And Heav'ns high Arbitrator sit secure In his own strength , this place may lye expos'd The utmost border of his Kingdom , left To their defence ...
Contents
THE TEXT | 9 |
THE JEWISH INTERPRETATIONS | 26 |
THE CHRISTIAN INTERPRETATIONS | 59 |
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Adam and Eve Adamus Exul Alcuin Alethia allegorical angels animals Augustine Avitus Biblical Book century chapter of Genesis Christ Christian Comestor command Commentary created creation creatures Criticism Cursor Mundi death Devil divine doctrine Dracontius earth eat the fruit episode Eve's evil exegesis Fall story fallen Father forbidden fruit forbidden tree garden garden of Eden Genesis narrative Gnostic God's Gregory Gregory of Nyssa Heaven Hexapla husband Ialdabaoth Ibid idea innocence interpretation Irenaeus Jahweh Jahwist Jewish legend Lord Lucifer Ludus Coventriae lust Man's medieval Mercy Milton moral motives nature Ophite original pagan Paradise Lost passage patristic perfect Philo poem poet problem question rabbinic Rashi rebellion Satan Secrets of Enoch serpent sinned speech suggests temptation Tempter Testament thee things thou tion tradition trans transgression treatment tree of knowledge typological unfallen viii wife wisdom woman þæt þat