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... Garden of Eden - the Fall and the intervening years in the secular garden of troubled attempts to perceive truth and sub- mit to grace - Christ's sacrifice , and , through grace , eternal life in the garden of the New Jerusalem . The ...
... Garden of Eden - the Fall and the intervening years in the secular garden of troubled attempts to perceive truth and sub- mit to grace - Christ's sacrifice , and , through grace , eternal life in the garden of the New Jerusalem . The ...
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... garden is the seed , or pearl , which ripens to link the beginning and the end of time . It is a seed already planted in the garden of human history - the seed of our ripening death . Within its circular frame , Pearl resonates with ...
... garden is the seed , or pearl , which ripens to link the beginning and the end of time . It is a seed already planted in the garden of human history - the seed of our ripening death . Within its circular frame , Pearl resonates with ...
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... garden where his dream began . The first shall be last and the last first . In surrendering himself to the figural power of earthly incar- nation , he also surrenders to the poem's structure . The poet leaves no grounds for projecting ...
... garden where his dream began . The first shall be last and the last first . In surrendering himself to the figural power of earthly incar- nation , he also surrenders to the poem's structure . The poet leaves no grounds for projecting ...
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ONE Introduction | 3 |
the circle as figural space | 25 |
a fourfold | 129 |
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