Study Questions
1. What is the symbolic significance of the image of light in Book III?
2. Why is God referred to as “unapproached light”?
3. Whom does God point out to the Son as their dialogue begins?
4. Who answers God’s call for a volunteer to die for Man’s sins?
5. What is Jacob’s ladder in the biblical account?
6. How does Satan’s attitude toward God compare to Jacob’s as they each view the “stairway to Heaven”?
7. Who is Uriel? What does Satan ask of him?
8. Why does Satan disguise...
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