Milton and Isaiah: A Journey Through the Drama of Salvation in Paradise LostThis book compares Milton's Paradise Lost and the Book of Isaiah, by illustrating that both reflect the essential points of the whole Bible - rebellion, retribution, repentance, and restoration. Thematically, Milton's epic can be called a drama of salvation, which not only re-creates the Genesis story of the Fall of man, but also connects that first episode to the final restoration through Christ. What this study finds in Isaiah and Milton are theological themes and doctrines as the prophetic voice, the providential view of history, disobedience, the «saving remnant», the leader who is paradoxically a Suffering Servant, and the key virtue of humility. In this reading of Paradise Lost, Milton moves beyond the privileging of political activism to a position in which he gives absolute value to the reformation of the individual soul or, as the author terms it, the «inner self». |
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... humble and meek that he was like " a tender plant " ( 53 : 2 ) . Isaiah describes Him as a sacrifice offered to God : " He was op- pressed , and he was afflicted ... he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter , and as a sheep before her ...
... humble and meek that he was like " a tender plant " ( 53 : 2 ) . Isaiah describes Him as a sacrifice offered to God : " He was op- pressed , and he was afflicted ... he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter , and as a sheep before her ...
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... humble . The first of these two opposing characteristics is demonstrated in their disobedience to the command of God , which re- sults in the loss of Paradise ; the other is illustrated later in their humble repentance , which leads ...
... humble . The first of these two opposing characteristics is demonstrated in their disobedience to the command of God , which re- sults in the loss of Paradise ; the other is illustrated later in their humble repentance , which leads ...
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... humble " Sighs / And Prayers ... mixt / With Incense " become a gift , acceptable to God with a " more pleasing ... humble spirit , to revive the spirit of the humble , and to revive the heart of the contrite ones " ( 57:15 ) . This need ...
... humble " Sighs / And Prayers ... mixt / With Incense " become a gift , acceptable to God with a " more pleasing ... humble spirit , to revive the spirit of the humble , and to revive the heart of the contrite ones " ( 57:15 ) . This need ...
Contents
Two Pride and Humility | 31 |
Three Sin and Repentance | 59 |
Four The Paradise Within | 83 |
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