Category: Adam and Eve

Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew and Christian canon, and as it sets the scene for the rest of Scripture, its theological importance cannot be overstated. Every Biblical book that follows is to be read through the theological and historical lens offered in its foundational narrative. The subject of this exegetical tract is…

In John Miltons 17th century epic poem Paradise Lost, Milton aims to explain the fall of man while incorporating many themes that influenced English society then, and that still pertain to culture today. Paradise Lost is considered Miltons greatest work as the themes that are presented are both an accurate reflection of the environment during…

John Miltons Paradise Lost provides a historical-fiction narrative of the creation and fall of human beings in the biblical book of Genesis. Dianne K. McColley, who wrote about Mr. Milton and his use of gender throughout his work, said: Milton believed that the Bible was divinely inspired but open to interpretation by the individual conscience…

At the heart of Paradise Lost lies Miltons attempt to wrestle between two key ideals of the poem: the all-powerful Eternal Father and the notion of Free Will. In setting out to justify the ways of God to men (I. 26) whilst maintaining his own anti-deterministic beliefs, Milton must ensure neither is compromised throughout his…