The vivid imagery is then intensified as the soul continues, "A soul hung up, as 'twere, in chains of nerves and arteries and veins.' ... "Which, stretcht upright, impales me so" Through the use of religious allusion the composer refers to the image of the crucifixion of Jesus. ... This imagery is followed by the idea that the "soul has made me live to let me dye. ...
In an interesting twist on Paine's argument utilizing Aristotle's ideal on poetics, Paine claims that the imagery in the books supposedly written by Prophets is actually poetry. ... He cites the example that the form of the crucifixion itself is "within the limits of probability." ...
Yancey decides to reexamine these traditional views after he encountered some confusing experiences of the imagery that was portrayed as Jesus throughout his life. ... Yancey quotes several modern authors on Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper and first communion with his disciples, and Judas's betrayal of Jesus; Jesus' personal struggle in the garden of Gethsemane and the disciples' failure to support him; his questioning before Herod and Pontius Pilate; his crucifixion at Calvary; and finally his resurrection from the dead. ...
