Paradise Lost and the Genesis TraditionClarendon P., 1968 - 314 pages Revised version of author's thesis, University of Oxford, 1963. |
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Page 138
... animals is described with equal economy and skill : sexta pater gelidos in spiras lubricat angues quadrupedumque greges totos diffundit in agros.2 As in Dracontius's Carmen de Deo the carefully chosen verbs suggest the creative energy ...
... animals is described with equal economy and skill : sexta pater gelidos in spiras lubricat angues quadrupedumque greges totos diffundit in agros.2 As in Dracontius's Carmen de Deo the carefully chosen verbs suggest the creative energy ...
Page 258
... animals , which , as we have seen , was a source of continual embarrassment to maximal commentators , implying , as it seemed to , that God first looked for Adam's mate among the beasts of the field.3 If this were really so , then it ...
... animals , which , as we have seen , was a source of continual embarrassment to maximal commentators , implying , as it seemed to , that God first looked for Adam's mate among the beasts of the field.3 If this were really so , then it ...
Page 260
... animals as company , and when Adam objects that there can be no ' society ' among unequals He points out that He Himself has no companion . Again Adam respectfully refutes his Creator's reasoning : just as he is superior to the animals ...
... animals as company , and when Adam objects that there can be no ' society ' among unequals He points out that He Himself has no companion . Again Adam respectfully refutes his Creator's reasoning : just as he is superior to the animals ...
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 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 immortality innocence interpretation Irenaeus Jahweh Jahwist Jewish legend Lord Lucifer Ludus Coventriae lust Man's medieval Mercy Milton moral motives nature Ophite original pagan pair 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 tradition trans transgression treatment tree of knowledge typological unfallen viii wife wisdom woman þæt þat