Milton and scriptural tradition : the Bible into poetry / edited by James H. Sims and Leland Ryken. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1984. - ix, 212 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Leland Ryken -- Scriptural formula and prophetic utterance in Lycidas / Michael Lieb -- Paradise lost and its biblical epic models / Leland Ryken -- The council scenes in Paradise lost / Sister M. Christopher Pecheux -- Creation in reverse : the Book of Job and Paradise lost / Harold Fisch -- All-interpreting love : God's name in Scripture and in Paradise lost / Michael Fixler -- The Gospel of John and Paradise regained : Jesus as "True Light" / Stella P. Revard -- Milton and covenant : the Christian view of Old Testament theology / John T. Shawcross -- The Miltonic narrator and scriptural tradition : an afterword / James H. Sims.

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Milton, John, 1608-1674 --Religion.


Bible--In literature.
Bible--Influence.


Christian poetry, English--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700

PR 3592 .B5 / M54 1984