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Inventing Hell: Dante, the Bible, and Eternal Torment
By Sweeney, Jon M.
- ISBN
- 9781455582242 9781455582235
- Publisher
- Jericho: FaithWords
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2014 | Arts and Humanities
Independent scholar Sweeney (The Pope Who Quit) concludes this enjoyable little romp through Dante's epic Inferno by saying, "Dante would be pleased if we still feared his vision of Hell." Sweeney creatively argues that the Inferno is the first place where the rather imprecise vision of hell presented in the Bible is fleshed out. "Cleverly using Virgil and lots of funky...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
