The Tyranny of Heaven: Milton's Rejection of God as KingUniversity of Delaware Press, 2004 - 208 страници The Tyranny of Heaven argues for a new way of reading the figure of Milton's God, contending that Milton rejects kings on earth and in heaven. Though Milton portrays God as a king in Paradise Lost, he does this neither to endorse kingship nor to recommend a monarchical model of deity. Instead, he recommends the Son, who in Paradise Regained rejects external rule as the model of politics and theology for Milton's fit audience though few. The portrait of God in Paradise Lost serves as a scathing critique of the English people and its slow but steady backsliding into the political habits of a nation long used to living under the yoke of kingship, a nation that maintained throughout its brief period of liberty the image of God as a heavenly king, and finally welcomed with open arms the return of a human king. Michael Bryson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern University. |
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... the twenty - first century . Whether he is called Jeho- vah , Yahweh , the Father , or simply God , the ancient Mesopotamian deity first described in writing by a ... The real question , then , that separates the " 10 THE TYRANNY OF HEAVEN.
... the twenty - first century . Whether he is called Jeho- vah , Yahweh , the Father , or simply God , the ancient Mesopotamian deity first described in writing by a ... The real question , then , that separates the " 10 THE TYRANNY OF HEAVEN.
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... the " Orthodox " from the " Gnostic " is not , " Is God good ? " but " How is God to be imagined so that his goodness is made obvious ? " For both " Gnostic " and " Ortho- dox " early Christians , the goodness of the supreme God was ...
... the " Orthodox " from the " Gnostic " is not , " Is God good ? " but " How is God to be imagined so that his goodness is made obvious ? " For both " Gnostic " and " Ortho- dox " early Christians , the goodness of the supreme God was ...
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... the Devil , but in being conceived in terms of human kingship and the all - too - human desires for power and glory , God has been scandalously and blasphemously imagined in such a way as to ... the caster of stones 12 THE TYRANNY OF HEAVEN.
... the Devil , but in being conceived in terms of human kingship and the all - too - human desires for power and glory , God has been scandalously and blasphemously imagined in such a way as to ... the caster of stones 12 THE TYRANNY OF HEAVEN.
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... the deity of my own youth , the God of Hebrew scripture who reserves vengeance to himself . 5 While Yahweh is many things , he is not primarily a God of love ( 1 John 4:16 notwithstand- ing ) . Milton's poetic God — imagined variously ...
... the deity of my own youth , the God of Hebrew scripture who reserves vengeance to himself . 5 While Yahweh is many things , he is not primarily a God of love ( 1 John 4:16 notwithstand- ing ) . Milton's poetic God — imagined variously ...
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... the validity not only of other exclusive personal deities , but also the validity of deity conceived in terms of an impersonal Absolute . The God of Israel is not merely One ( Deut . 6 : 4 ) : he becomes , by the time of Hilkiah and the ...
... the validity not only of other exclusive personal deities , but also the validity of deity conceived in terms of an impersonal Absolute . The God of Israel is not merely One ( Deut . 6 : 4 ) : he becomes , by the time of Hilkiah and the ...
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His Tyranny Who Reigns The Biblical Roots of Divine Kingship and Miltons Rejection of Heavns King in Prose and Poetry | 42 |
Who durst defy th Omnipotent to Arms Satans Fall from Hero to King | 77 |
That far be from thee Divine Evil Justification and the Evolution of the Son from WarriorKing to Hero | 112 |
Tempt not the Lord thy God The End of Kingship and the Awareness of Divine Similitude in Paradise Regained | 148 |
Notes | 171 |
Works Cited | 195 |
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