Blake and the Bible / Christopher Rowland.
| Author/creator | Rowland, Christopher, 1947- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©2010. |
| Description | xviii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-272) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010044588 |
| ISBN | 9780300112603 |
| ISBN | 0300112602 |