Blake and the Bible / Christopher Rowland.

Author/creator Rowland, Christopher, 1947-
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Publication InfoLondon ; New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxviii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Contents The old and new testaments are 'the great code of art' -- 'Thus did Job continually': the biblical hermenuetics of Blake's Job engravings: part I -- 'But now my eye seeth thee': the biblical hermenuetics of Blake's Job engravings: part II -- Exploring the contraries in diversity -- Blake and 'the Bible of hell': the marriage of heaven and hell, the first book of Urizen and drawings for the book of Enoch -- 'Would to God that all the Lords people were prophets' -- William Blake and the radical interpretation of the Bible: Gerrard Winstanley, Abiezer Coppe, Ralph Cudworth, and Hans Denck -- 'From impulse not from rules': Blake and Jesus -- Antinomianism, atonement and life in the diving body: Blake and Paul -- Interpreting the Bible through images -- Blake and biblical interpretation: some concluding reflections.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [260]-272) and index.
LCCN 2010044588
ISBN9780300112603
ISBN0300112602