Paradise Lost and the Genesis TraditionRevised version of author's thesis, University of Oxford, 1963. |
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Page 232
... episode was an integral part of Milton's scheme long before he decided to cast the story in epic form . The real key to the episode is to be found , I believe , not in Milton's architectonics or even in his classical antecedents , but ...
... episode was an integral part of Milton's scheme long before he decided to cast the story in epic form . The real key to the episode is to be found , I believe , not in Milton's architectonics or even in his classical antecedents , but ...
Page 261
... episode re - emphasizes the difference between Adam and his wife : Eve was inclined to fall in love with her own reflection and had to be reconciled to Adam's ' manly grace ' ; Adam , on the contrary , is dissatisfied with his own ...
... episode re - emphasizes the difference between Adam and his wife : Eve was inclined to fall in love with her own reflection and had to be reconciled to Adam's ' manly grace ' ; Adam , on the contrary , is dissatisfied with his own ...
Page 262
... episode as it is recounted in Paradise Lost , its presence is not to be explained in terms of narrative considera- tions only . For Adam's dream is not Milton's invention ; behind that brief vision there lies a long and curious history ...
... episode as it is recounted in Paradise Lost , its presence is not to be explained in terms of narrative considera- tions only . For Adam's dream is not Milton's invention ; behind that brief vision there lies a long and curious history ...
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 Old Testament 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 thee things thou tradition trans transgression treatment tree of knowledge typological unfallen viii wife wisdom woman þæt þat