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The Three Faces Of Interpretation . . . Or Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 28 - 45

The Three Faces Of Interpretation . . . Or Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 28 - 45

FromWalking With Dante


The Three Faces Of Interpretation . . . Or Satan: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, Lines 28 - 45

FromWalking With Dante

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Nov 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We're about to get a good look at Satan, closer and closer, until we can see the color of his faces. Yes, faces. Three of them. Some trinitarian perversion lies at the center of the universe.Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as we walk up to Satan with Dante, our pilgrim, and Virgil, his guide. We're nearing the end of the infernal landscape. And we're finding out what will replace it: awe.Here are the segments of this episode of WALKING WITH DANTE:[01:25] My English translation of the passage: INFERNO, Canto XXXIV, lines 28 - 45. If you'd like to read along, print it off, or drop a comment, please go to my website: markscarbrough.com.[03:15] The relationship between this vision of Satan and the one in the Baptistry mosaics in Florence.[05:21] Satan as a most ineffective emperor.[06:57] Satan's size: the bedevilment of Dantistas for centuries.[09:16] The sheer hollowness of the earth--or the center of the universe.[10:18] Satan's beauty and apparently his very minor rebellion.[11:53] Fear gone, marvel or wonder ahead.[14:33] The heresy in the passage: Satan as the source of anything.[16:35] The many interpretations of the colors of Satan's three faces.
Released:
Nov 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Ever wanted to read Dante's Divine Comedy? Come along with us! We're not lost in the scholarly weeds. (Mostly.) We're strolling through the greatest work (to date) of Western literature. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I take on this masterpiece passage by passage. I'll give you my rough English translation, show you some of the interpretive knots in the lines, let you in on the 700 years of commentary, and connect Dante's work to our modern world. The pilgrim comes awake in a dark wood, then walks across the known universe. New episodes every Sunday and Wednesday.