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William Blake, 1757–1827

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Jacob's Ladder by William Blake?slide=0
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Jacob’s Ladder

Genesis 28:10–22

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Leviathan by Anish Kapoor?slide=0
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Behemoth and Leviathan

Job 40–41

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Opening the Doors of Perception

Job 42

Nebuchadnezzar by William Blake
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of the Tree by Arthur Boyd
The Third Step by Peter Howson

Back from the Brink

Daniel 4

The Penance of Jane Shore in St Paul’s Church by William Blake
Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee by Peter Paul Rubens
Mary Magdalene Leaving the House of Feasting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Redeeming the ‘Sinful Woman’

Luke 7:36–50

Conversion of Saul by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
The Conversion of Saul by Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Conversion of Saul by William Blake

The Road To Damascus

Acts of the Apostles 22 & 26

2 Corinthians, from Nicholas of Lyra's Commentary on the Bible by Ugolino Marini Gibertuzzi of Sarnano ?slide=2
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Letter and Spirit

2 Corinthians 3:1–11

'Mystic Nativity' by Sandro Botticelli
The Immaculate Conception by Diego Velázquez
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev 12:1–4) by William Blake

The Woman and the Dragon

Revelation 12:1–6, 13–17

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The Last Judgement

Revelation 20:11–15


Bitti, Bernardo Bloch, Carl

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