西洋文學概論筆記 week 15－It is a bell。伊莎貝爾

Bible: The Old Testament

Paradise Lost—John Milton

The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

*Samson Agonistes

Adam and Eve in the Garden by Michelangelo

The Old Testament Bible contains 39 books→written in Hebrew

The New Testament Bible contains 27 books→written in Greek

Genesis (創世紀): the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

Cain and Abel: two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain is described as a crop farmer and his younger brother Abel as a shepherd. Cain was the first human born and Abel was the first human to die. Cain committed the first murder by killing his brother.

*Abel means "air" in Hebrew

Cain slaying Abel

Genesis 4:9 Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"

Parable: Jesus used parables to teach people.

Jesus knocking on the door of your heart

Pietà (聖殤): subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture.

*There were five wounds on Jesus's body

Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica

Five wounds on Jesus's body

Calvary (基督受難像)

Calvary

Crucifixion: a form of slow and painful execution in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang until dead.

Crucifixion of Jesus

Resurrection: the concept of aliving being coming back to life after death.

*Jesus came alive after he died three days

Fatal woman(Femme fatale)→Salome

Salome was the daughter of Herod II and Herodias. According to Mark 6:21-29 Salome danced before Herod and Herodias at the occasion of his birthday, and in doing so gave her mother the opportunity to obtain the head of John the Baptist.