Comparison Of The Abrahamic And Platonic Religious Themes

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Compare the development of Plato’s city-in-speech in Republic, Book II (368c and following), with the Abrahamic religions’ theme of humanity’s great fall from grace, as described in the first Book of the Bible (Genesis, Chapters 2-3) AND/OR in Book 7 (The Heights) of the Qur’an, especially verses 10-28, (see also Book 2:30-39; Book 15:28-42; Book 20:115-127) AND “the Old Man of Crete” in Dante’s Comedy (Inferno, Canto 14, especially lines 85-120). Using specific text references, bring out the thematic parallels or continuities in these passages. Assuming that each of these texts is meaningful, how much of that meaning is shared? What is the greatest shared meaning that you can discern or argue for (in about six pages, that is)? Feel free to explain differences also—separate, distinct or diverging meanings of these texts—but do so in a way that helps to answer the question of shared meaning.