Record Number: 13886

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"I go on Merrily with my Greek & Latin; am very sorry that I did not begin to learn languages early in life as I find it very Easy; am now learning my Hebrew [ABC]. I read Greek as fluently as an Oxford scholar & the Testament is my chief master: astonishing indeed is the English Translation, it is almost word for word & if the Hebrew Bible is as well translated... we need not doubt of its having been translated as well as written by the Holy Ghost." Letter 43 to James Blake 30th Jan 1803

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Surrey

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Blake

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1757

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Engraver and Poet

Religion:

non-Conformist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The New Testament

Genre:

Bible, in Hebrew and English

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Hebrew and English Translation of New Testament

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

13886

Source:

Print

Author:

William Blake

Editor:

Geoffrey Keynes

Title:

The Letters of William Blake: with related documents

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

41

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William Blake, Geoffrey Keynes (ed.), The Letters of William Blake: with related documents (Oxford, 1980), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13886, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None