MILTON'S SAMSON AND THE FIGURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT GIANT
The encounter between Harpha and Samson in Samson Agonistes Evoes the theological questions concerning the giants of Genesis 6:4 Various patristic and Renaissance authrities develop opposing explanations of the origin of giants.Some exegetes argue that these giants were the offspring of fallen angle...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1995
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Literature and theology
Year: 1995, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 355-369 |
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| Summary: | The encounter between Harpha and Samson in Samson Agonistes Evoes the theological questions concerning the giants of Genesis 6:4 Various patristic and Renaissance authrities develop opposing explanations of the origin of giants.Some exegetes argue that these giants were the offspring of fallen angles; others argue that they were the decendants of Seth, the third son of Adam. This conflict of interperations raises larger question concerning free will and divine providence.Milton uses these conflicting views of Old Testament giants to reaffirm the central premises of theodicy in the poem. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/9.4.355 |