Augustine: Confessions Books V–IX
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Books V-IX of the Confessions trace five crucial years in the life of Augustine, from his debut as a teacher of rhetoric in North Africa to his baptism as a Christian and the renunciation of a worldly career in Milan. This commentary will be invaluable for those wishing to read his story in the original Latin. Through careful glosses and notes, Augustine's Latin is made accessible to students of patristics and of classics. His extensive quotations from Scripture are translated…
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Key features
- Demonstrates Augustine's great art as a storyteller and his importance as a major figure of early Christianity and Latin literature
- Helps students understand the many unfamiliar features of Augustine's Latin vocabulary and syntax
- Explains all references to Christian subject matter, including Augustine's interpretation of the scriptural passages on which he draws
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511841873
- Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Subjects Church History,Classical Literature,Classical Studies,Religion
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 24 October 2019
- ISBN: 9780521253512
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.53kg
- Page extent: 368 pages
- Availability: In stock
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 24 October 2019
- ISBN: 9781107009592
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.62kg
- Page extent: 368 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 22 August 2019
- ISBN: 9780511841873
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