Dante’s Davidic journey: from sinner to psalmist

Federici, Theresa 2010. Dante’s Davidic journey: from sinner to psalmist. Montemaggi, Vittorio and Treherne, Matthew, eds. Dante’s Commedia: Theology as Poetry, Notre Dame: Notre Dame Press, pp. 180-209. (10.2307/j.ctvpg862d)

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Abstract

Dante’s debt to the Psalms—the biblical book that, to many of its interpreters, contained the wisdom of the whole Bible in its words— is widely acknowledged, as is the influence of the biblical figure whom he believed to be its single author: King David.¹ In Dante’s time, David was considered a sinner, a penitent, a just man, and an exemplary ruler. He was the psalmist, a divinely inspired auctor, a prophet, and a figure of Christ to come.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Modern Languages
Publisher:	Notre Dame Press
ISBN:	978-0268035198
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2023 13:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/153924

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