Title: The biblical Dante /
Authors: Benfell, V. Stanley, 1962-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, Religion.; Dante Alighieri, Criticism and interpretation.; Dante Alighieri, Religion.; Dante Alighieri, Critique et interprétation.; Bible In literature.; Bible dans la littérature.
Abstract: "Dante Alighieri cited the Bible extensively in his Commedia, but also used his epic poem to meditate on the meaning of the Scriptures as a 'true' text. The Biblical Dante provides close readings of passages from the Commedia to explore how Dante's concept of Biblical truth differs sharply from modern notions.
Contents: Dante's Idea of the Bible -- Biblical Truth in the Paradiso -- The Bible in the Inferno: Misprision and Prophetic Appropriation -- Una nuova legge: The Beatitudes in the Purgatorio -- Dante's Apocalypse.