| Phụ đề | : | The Singing Silence |
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| Tác giả | : | Russell, Jeffrey Burton |
| Nơi xuất bản | : | U.S.A.: Princeton University Press, 1997 |
| Thông tin trách nhiệm | : | Jeffrey Burton Russell |
| Mô tả vật lý | : | xv, 220 pages hardcover, illustration 24 cm |
| Tóm tắt/ chú giải | : | Russell's account of the concept of heaven from the second century B.C.E. to the middle of the fourteenth century is rich in historical detail, which will acquaint general readers with the development of a theological concept that has been of central importance in all three "Western" religious traditions--Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Russell's focus, as he notes in the preface, is Christian theology; but his account is relevant to all three traditions. Apart from theological and historical illumination that includes an excellent bibliography and lucid summary of a formidable range of philosophical and theological literature, this is an eloquent celebration of Dante's literary genius. Russell ends with Dante's fourteenth-century account of paradise because, he says, human language has gone no further than this sublime singing of God's silence. If that inspires readers to attend to Dante, to human language, or to silence, the book will be a contribution of lasting literary and spiritual significance as well as a contribution to historical scholarship; for no matter how involved the discussion is, it never loses the interested layperson. (Steve Schroeder) |
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| Ngôn ngữ | : | Eng |
| DDC | : | 236.24 / R961-J46 |
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