Can any one link me to a review of these books? Or any opinions ? is it enjoyable or bad? etc etc
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Inferno,Purgatory & Paradise - Dante... review?
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Inferno,Purgatory & Paradise - Dante... review?
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Re: Inferno,Purgatory & Paradise - Dante... review?
Dante's Inferno? It's probably one of the most influential books in Christian History in terms of it's impact upon the cultural and traditional views of hell, and the merger of the greek view of Hades with the Judeo-Christian views of the several terms commonly translated into "hell" in most versions of the english Bible. (That's a statement of fact, not an advocation of any particular position.)
Any book that you're interested in, you should be able to look it up on Amazon and there will be reviews on it there.
Any book that you're interested in, you should be able to look it up on Amazon and there will be reviews on it there.
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Thanks for the advice Bart, do you know which translation is the best for the 3 volumes? So far I've herd that Robert Hollander is the superior one because it has notes and it explains everything thus more enjoyable.
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Re: Inferno,Purgatory & Paradise - Dante... review?
I don't have an opinion on which translation would be best. I read the book as part of my humanities course in college, yea, many years ago. I didn't appreciate at that time how important the book was in many areas. I'd just check the reviews and see if there's anyone that more than the others stands out. Otherwise, it's a very old and very translated work that is pretty well expounded on in terms of its literary and philosophic impact.CeT-To wrote:Thanks for the advice Bart, do you know which translation is the best for the 3 volumes? So far I've herd that Robert Hollander is the superior one because it has notes and it explains everything thus more enjoyable.
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Alrighty. I'm just afraid that once I buy the 1 volume i won't be able to understand it ..and end up wasting money >.>
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Re: Inferno,Purgatory & Paradise - Dante... review?
There is a video game based after this if you're a gamer.
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"Stop listening to John Lennon and start listening to John Lennox! What about a world without the atheists? A word with no Stalin, no Mao, no Pol Pot? A world with no Gulag, no Cultural Revolution, no Killing Fields? Wouldn't that be a world worth dreaming about?"
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