1In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it. 2The Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, together with some of the vessels of the House of God, and he brought them to the land of Shinar to […]
The Hebrew Bible 55 Ho, all who are thirsty, Come for water, Even if you have no money; Come, buy food and eat- Buy food without money, Wine and milk without cost. 2Why do you spend money for what is not bread, Your earnings for what does not satisfy? Give heed to Me, And you […]
The Hebrew Bible The “vision of the four chariots” is described in Zechariah 6-1-9.
The Hebrew Bible 1The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel. 2Listen to this, O elders, Give ear, all inhabitants of the land. Has the like of this happened in your days Or in the days of your fathers? 3Tell your children about it, And let your children tell theirs, And […]
Planographic color printing with watercolor, pen and ink, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England. William Blake (1757–1827), one of the greatest poets in the English language, is also considered among the most original visual artists of the Romantic era. In this print, he turns to the biblical book of Ruth for inspiration and portrays Naomi entreating her daughters-in-law […]
REDIRECT Naomi Entreating Ruth and Orpah to Return to the Land of Moab, William Blake, 1795.
All right, let’s go ahead and get started; there’s a lot to cover. But I want to try to unite a lot of these disparate parts of the Bible, the many small books clustered here at the end that we’ll be considering. I’m going to try to unite them by elaborating certain themes as we […]
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Briton Rivière (1840–1920) was a British artist who specialized in painting animals. Rivière meticulously studied wildlife to perfect his compositions. He attended dissections at the London Zoological Gardens and kept the “body of a fine lioness” in his studio. In this work, he paints a scene from the biblical story of Daniel, a Jewish official […]
