‘Mr. Facing-Both-Ways’ Individual commentary by David B. Gowler … Centuries (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell) … A. B. Frost … A. B. Frost … ‘S. J. T. as “Mr. Facing-Both Ways”’, in Harper’s …
‘Lord, that I may receive my sight’ Comparative commentary by Nathan Mladin … of losing the iron head from a borrowed axe (Leithart 2006: 199–200). In the second, the prophet Elisha, his servant, and the city … vision in a threatening situation (2 Kings 6:17), and on the other, for God to take, and later restore, the natural …
Abandonment, Hope, and Glory Comparative commentary by Junius Johnson … Psalm 22, of David, is a heart-wrenching cry for help. The Psalmist … ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?’ (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34). With the recitation of those words, Christ … their accounts to make this plain: the mocking (Psalm 22:8; Matthew 27:43), the contortion of the body (Psalm 22:14), …
Salvation By Water Comparative commentary by Geri Parlby … References de Brès, Guido. 2007 [1567]. ‘ Belgic Confessions 1567, Article 34’, in The Belgic Confession , ed. by N. … Fathers 2.5 (Christian Literature Company), p. 518, available at … … Read by Ben Quash … Geri Parlby … Salvation By Water …
Likeness to Jesus Comparative commentary by David B. Gowler … to claim to be James the brother of Jesus (Hartin 2004: 90–93), the primary leader of the Jerusalem church (e.g. Acts 21:17–26). He is also known as James the Just (or ‘Righteous’), because of his …
Rejected Individual commentary by Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen … by my side since the day I was born. (Munch, in Prideaux 2005: 2) The most celebrated of Norwegian artists, Edvard Munch, … References Prideaux, Sue. 2005. Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream (New Haven: Yale University Press) … …
Brick by Brick Individual commentary by Michelle Fletcher … in the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, each consisting of 120 bricks in varying, two-tiered, water-like configurations. … critics when Tate purchased Equivalent VIII in 1972. The outcry seemed to emanate from a perception that bricks are … exhibit his creations. For example, the 2016 inclusion of Equivalent VIII in Tate’s Switch House led to protesters …
A Bright Saint Individual commentary by Anna Gannon … Bede: the Vita Metrica (c.705), and the Prose Life (c.721), preserved in several copies. Amongst them, the British Library Yates Thompson MS 26 (from the end of the twelfth century), is beautifully …
An Ironic Reproof Individual commentary by David Emanuel … of divine questioning in Job 38:31–32 is that God reuses Job’s own words to rebuke him. Earlier, in Job’s lengthy and … Rina (ed.). 2014. Mosaics of Faith: Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land … Press), pp. 298–302 … Unknown artists (Marianos and his son Hanina) … Read by Ben Quash … Beth Alpha Synagogue …
The Son of Man Will Also Be Ashamed Individual commentary by Gesa Elsbeth Thiessen … altarpiece (1512–16). In Grünewald’s stark rendering of Jesus’s horrific death, just as in Hemessen’s agonized Man …
Grasping the Point Individual commentary by Brandon Hurlbert … Bible Gallery was published in 1881 and featured 62 wood engravings depicting various scenes from the Old Testament. Beginning the project in 1862, the Dalziel brothers commissioned over a dozen established … and the lack of accompanying text. Ford Madox Brown (1821–93) was responsible for this engraving along with two …
Abiding in the Tent Individual commentary by Deborah Lewer … of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? (Psalm 24:3 NRSV) What qualities must a person have, to come close to God? Psalms 15 and 24 open with searching questions of worshippers seeking … evoked by images of a tent and of a hill (15:1; 24:3). The latter calls to mind the ‘hill of the Lord’ whose …
Vitality and Power Individual commentary by Amanda M. Burritt … the traveller’s situation in Psalm 121. Danger is all around but there is also the protective presence of the Creator, … and Chris McAuliffe. 2013. America: Painting a Nation (Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales) … Frederic Edwin Church … …
The Foot after Christ Individual commentary by Michael Banner … of the objects they contained so to elicit devotion (Hahn 2012). In this process, as this reliquary shows, even the lowly … help could still be sought for bodily ailments (Farmer 2011) and his relics were so prized as to be deemed worthy of …
Incorporation Individual commentary by Geri Parlby … his chosen one, stood in the breach. (Psalm 106:21–23) This work is one of several versions of the Crossing of the Red Sea … and in the sea’ (1 Corinthians 10:1–2). In the mural, the Israelites are led from the sea by a graceful white angel …
Seize the Fish and Don’t Let Go Individual commentary by Mahnaz Yousefzadeh … the late medieval and early modern period (Conigliello 2005: 26–27). Tobit’s son Tobias, guided by the archangel Raphael, …
Ardent Annunciations Comparative commentary by Laura Moffatt … moment when they surely wished him to remain (vv.15–22). But the angel’s veracity comes from his very unworldliness. … 2:34)—a life presaged by subversive and, ultimately, violent figures such as Samson (Judges 16:29–30). The burning of …
Real Presences Comparative commentary by Devon Abts … internal conflicts within the community (vv.2–3), the apostle gives two sets of instructions: the first, a short … human beings can attain (Bockmuehl 1997: 221; Martin 1987: 175). In this way, Paul’s injunctions in verses 4–9 serve …
Visualizing Angels Comparative commentary by Ian Boxall … that some have entertained angels unawares ( Hebrews 13:2 ; see also, Genesis 18:1–8 ). Angels in the biblical … Boxall, Ian. 2015. ‘The Mighty Angel with the Little Scroll: British Perspectives on the Reception History of … Siebeck), pp. 245–63 Coke, David (ed.). 1995. Hans Feibusch: The Heat of Vision (London: Lund Humphries) Deuchler, …