Jesus was sitting in Moses’ chair,
They brought the trembling woman there.
Moses commands she be ston’d to death,
What was the sound of Jesus’ breath?
He laid His hand on Moses’ law:
The ancient Heavens, in silent awe,
Writ with curses from pole to pole,
All away began to roll.

William Blake

The Everlasting Gospel

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Old vs. New Testament Law and gospel Jesus Moses

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William Blake

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The Everlasting Gospel

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Artist Poet Writer

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Blake, William. The Everlasting Gospel. c. 1818.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Everlasting Gospel." Blake: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 1994.

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Everything that lives,
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Time
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Blake, William. The Book of Thel. London, c. 1789.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Book of Thel." Blake: Poems, edited by Peter Washington. Everyman's Library, 1994.

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Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 3.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 3.

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There was really only one Christian, and he died on the cross.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Antichrist
Genre
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Time
1895 1890s 19th century
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Der Antichrist [The Antichrist]. 1895, no. 39.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. "The Anti-Christ." The Twilight of the Idols and Anti-Christ, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 1990, no. 39.