This is an awesome book, and on so many levels that it just blows me away: first, I mean if there's a book of the bible you want the illustrations to it is definitely the Book of Job. Lots of blisters, rodents, dying sheep and stomping on mantels to work with, and Blake works it. And in a surprising

La mejor historia de la biblia y cada ilustración la quisiera enmarcada en mi casa

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever

William Blake e o Livro de Jó

O Livro de Jó narra a história de um homem virtuoso, bondoso e temente a deus que, após um teste de fé orquestrado por satanás e assentido por deus, é acometido por desgraças que o levam a sofrer intensamente. Jó, ao perder as suas posses e se ver repleto de bolhas pelo

It's merely a collection of actual illustrations (not poetry) by William Blake depicting scenes from the book of Job, and all feel as if they come from the mind of Edvard Munch.

This is fabulous. Rarely have I seen such beauty and power in drawings. The illustrations were of the biblical book of Job. A book that deserves to be read in itself. There's simply one word to describe this work by William Blake and that's outstanding. 5 stars. Wish there were 50 that I could give.