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Divine Providence : The Bible, Virgil, Orosius, Augustine, and Dante
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Primary Texts -- Translations -- Introduction -- Authority -- History and fiction -- Chapter 1: Destined Lands and Chosen Fathers: Virgil, Livy, and the Bible -- Hebrew Bible -- The Roman tradition -- Rome aga...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
, 2012
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=1014741 |
| Related Items: | Erscheint auch als:
Divine Providence: a History |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Primary Texts -- Translations -- Introduction -- Authority -- History and fiction -- Chapter 1: Destined Lands and Chosen Fathers: Virgil, Livy, and the Bible -- Hebrew Bible -- The Roman tradition -- Rome against Jerusalem in the first century of the Common Era -- Chapter 2: Orosius Defends the Roman Empire -- Fourth-century Roman Empire: Imperium and evangelium -- Orosius -- Orosius' universal geography -- Orosius' universal history -- Chapter 3: Augustine's Theology of History -- Bible against Virgil's Aeneid -- Augustine's geography -- Augustine's history as theology -- Chapter 4: Dante's Monarchia with and against Augustine -- Context of Dante's political treatise -- The argument -- Pitting Augustine against Orosius and the Roman literary legacy -- False and true allegories -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Dante's Commedia and the Ascent to Incarnational History -- Canto 6 Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso: Political theme, Florence, Italy, and empire -- Canto 7 Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso -- Conclusion: The Hand of God -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Ancient, Patristic, and Medieval Primary Texts -- Modern Texts -- Index. Looks at the influence of Orosius and Augustine, as well as of the Bible and Virgil, on Dante's view of the notion of providential history |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (265 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781441146106 |
