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- Title
Emblematic Arks in John Donne's "A Hymne To Christ" and the Antwerp Polyglot Bible (1568–73).
- Authors
Goeglein, Tamara A.
- Abstract
Noah's ark ([inline-graphic 01] or thebah) fascinated the Christian Hebraist makers of the Antwerp Polyglot Bible. Their sacred philology interpreted thebah as a singular life-preserving vessel, and their Bible's elegant engravings of thebah insert Christ's crucified body inside it. "Christ's ark," as I call this emblem, figures the life-preserving Resurrection promised in Christ's sacrificial death. I argue that "Christ's ark" informs John Donne's "A Hymne to Christ." In its first stanza, Donne makes a distinctly personal emblem of "Christ's ark," which intersects with the hymn's controversial closing lines. These closing lines express faith in Christ's Resurrection, and, with His Resurrection, Donne's own.
- Subjects
DONNE, John, 1572-1631; JESUS Christ; RESURRECTION; BIBLE; EMBLEMS; PHILOLOGY; HYMNS; FAITH; ENGRAVING
- Publication
ELH, 2023, Vol 90, Issue 4, p933
- ISSN
0013-8304
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/elh.2023.a914022