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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_2396
dc.contributor.author	Pegoretti Anna
dc.title	L’Empireo in Dante e la «divina scienza» del Convivio
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	Building on recent scholarship, this essay reconsiders Dante’s description of the Empyrean and of divine science in his Convivio (II, III, 8-11 and XIV, 19-20), by emphasising their deep connection and profound otherness in comparison with physical reality and human knowledge. First, it is argued that, in his treatise, Dante describes the Empyrean as a non-material sky. Second, a new appraisal of Dante’s definition of divine science is offered, one which stresses the author’s reference to the words uttered by Christ during the Last Supper, and the role that the whole passage and its medieval exegesis ascribe to the Holy Spirit in clarifying the divine teachings conveyed by the Gospels.
dc.relation.ispartof	Medieval and Modern Philologies
dc.relation.ispartof	Serie occidentale
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2018-12-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-298-7/lempireo-in-dante-e-la-divina-scienza-del-convivio/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-298-7/007
dc.identifier.issn	2610-945X
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9441
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-299-4
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-298-7
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Dante Alighieri
dc.subject	Dante Alighieri
dc.subject	Empyrean
dc.subject	Empyrean
dc.subject	Holy Spirit
dc.subject	Holy Spirit
dc.subject	Theology
dc.subject	Theology

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L’Empireo in Dante e la «divina scienza» del Convivio

Anna Pegoretti Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italia

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Building on recent scholarship, this essay reconsiders Dante’s description of the Empyrean and of divine science in his Convivio (II, III, 8-11 and XIV, 19-20), by emphasising their deep connection and profound otherness in comparison with physical reality and human knowledge. First, it is argued that, in his treatise, Dante describes the Empyrean as a non-material sky. Second, a new appraisal of Dante’s definition of divine science is offered, one which stresses the author’s reference to the words uttered by Christ during the Last Supper, and the role that the whole passage and its medieval exegesis ascribe to the Holy Spirit in clarifying the divine teachings conveyed by the Gospels.

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Dec. 17, 2018

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Keywords: Theology • Holy Spirit • Empyrean • Dante Alighieri

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