medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
It appears to me possibly to be a veiled reference to Romans 10:17:
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
Terrill
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Cecil T Ault wrote:
> I am writing an article on "Simultan," a short story by the
> Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann. The protagonist, a simultaneous
> translator, picks up a Bible (Il Vangelo) in a hotel room in Maratea,
> Italy, and finds a Bible verse that she is unable to translate: "Il
> miracolo, como sempre, e il risultato della fede e d'una fede audace."
> Bachmann is well known for using citations to reveal an entirely
> different facet of her stories than is apparent on their surface, so
> I am trying to determine the source of this Bible verse--but it does
> not appear in the versions of the Italian Bible I've been able to
> access on the web.
>
> Thanks. yrs, tom ault
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