La Divina
Commedia (Devine Comedy) is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between c. 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent
work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world
literature. The poem's imaginative and allegorical vision of the afterlife is
representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western
Church by the 14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan dialect, in which it
is written, as the standardized Italian language. It is divided into three
parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
On the
surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and
Heaven; but at a deeper level, it represents, allegorically, the soul's journey
towards God. At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology
and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of
Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa
in verse". (Wikipedia)
This new
Hebrew translation presents the three parts of the Devine Comedy where opposite
to every Hebrew line its original Italian equivalent. Each page contains annotations relevant to the verses printed in that
page.
Translated and annotated by Reuven Cohen.