Abstract
Paradise Regained begins with an identity crisis.1 When the young Jesus arrives at the Jordan to receive baptism, he does not seem in any way different from those other ‘sons of God’ thronging the banks and awaiting the purifying touch of John the Baptist. His obscurity and anonymity are, however, shortlived. The ‘great proclaimer’ recognises him to be the Messiah—and, immediately thereafter, there comes the divine annunciation establishing his heavenly lineage: on him baptized Heaven opened, and in likeness of a dove The Spirit descended, while the Father’s voice From heaven pronounced him his beloved Son. (29–32)
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