S8E113: Reading Dante’s “Divine Comedy” with Dr. Jason Baxter

Jun 5, 2025

• This week on The New Mason Jar, Dr. Jason Baxter returns to the podcast to talk with Cindy and Dawn about Dante as part of a new series of Mothers Education Course episodes
• When Dr. Baxter was first introduced to Dante’s Divine Comedy
• Why Dr. Baxter thinks Dante wrote this work in the form of epic poetry?
• How this translation is different than other modern English translations
• Does the language and mood of Inferno feel different from that in the Purgatorio?
• Why Jason chose the artwork he did for the covers of his translations
• Jason’s encouragement for the busy homeschool mom in approaching Dante
• Hear more from Dr. Baxter in Cindy’s summer discipleship which you can still register for here: Morning Time for Moms 2025 Summer Discipleship: Life Together
• You can also sign up for Jason’s summer class at TheHouseofHumaneLetters.com

To view the full show notes for this episode, including quotes and book links, please visit our website at https://thenewmasonjar.com/113.