Pynchon, Dante and Divine Light

[David Payne]

Ironically, "Lucifer", as a word, traces back to the Latin "lucis" "ferre" -- "bringer of light."
 
"Lucis" means "of light" (from "lux" meaning "light", as in "Deus lux est"), and "ferre" means "carry" (as used in "infer").
 
I understand, however, that Lucifer = Satan is really a case of mistaken identity? A misread biblical passage?


Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 05:32:33 -0800From: markekohut at yahoo.comSubject: Re: Fw: Pynchon, Dante and Divine LightTo: pynchon-l at waste.org




Here's the further tie-in: to that line in AtD that History is about our
response to light..........(or Who has it exact? )
 
 
----- Original Message ----From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2008 7:00:29 AMSubject: Re: Fw: Pynchon, Dante and Divine Light

Yes...Clinching, I would say. 
 
So Dante must just have used those philosopers to make the case with reasoning...?
Mark Kohut (markekohut at yahoo.com) wrote:> IF, the Jesuit priest [sic] who wrote that bit about Dante in his History of> Philosophy is mostly right, is it possible that whatever was later> translated as GOD IS LIGHT> was influenced by Dante's "analysis" since the Bible Dante knew was not> translated> into English when he wrote?"Deus lux est" (in the Vulgata's Latin) doesn't strike me as terriblyambiguous.- Michael Michael J. HußmannE-mail: michael at michael-hussmann.deWWW (personal): http://michael-hussmann.deWWW (professional): http://digicam-experts.de


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