"And Was Jerusalem Builded Here?": Agency and Longing in Blake and Biblical Poetry
The hymn "Jerusalem," based on the poem by William Blake, is beloved of British people and Anglophiles everywhere. But the vision of this poem, and by extension the hymn, is larger than nationalism, drawing on biblical poetry and a longing for God’s redemption of the world, drawing in all...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Seminaries
[2020]
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Word & world
Year: 2020, Volume: 40, Issue: 2, Pages: 103-111 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HB Old Testament KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KBL Near East and North Africa |
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Zion in the Bible
B Poetry - Religious aspects B Jerusalem in the Bible B Hymns, English B Blake, William, 1757-1827 B Bible. Old Testament-Theology B Desire - Religious aspects B National characteristics, British B Jerusalem (Symbol) |
| Summary: | The hymn "Jerusalem," based on the poem by William Blake, is beloved of British people and Anglophiles everywhere. But the vision of this poem, and by extension the hymn, is larger than nationalism, drawing on biblical poetry and a longing for God’s redemption of the world, drawing in all that would work with God to restore its goodness. |
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| ISSN: | 0275-5270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Word & world
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