Expositions of the Psalms 1-32 (Vol. 1)
Title | Expositions of the Psalms 1-32 (Vol. 1) PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Augustine (of Hippo) |
Publisher | New City Press |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN | 1565481402 |
"As the psalms are a microcosm of the Old Testament, so the Expositions of the Psalms can be seen as a microcosm of Augustinian thought. In the Book of Psalms are to be found the history of the people of Israel, the theology and spirituality of the Old Covenant, and a treasury of human experience expressed in prayer and poetry. So too does the work of expounding the psalms recapitulate and focus the experiences of Augustine's personal life, his theological reflections and his pastoral concerns as Bishop of Hippo."--Publisher's website.
The Works of Saint Augustine: v. 1. The Confessions
Title | The Works of Saint Augustine: v. 1. The Confessions PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Augustine (of Hippo) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Theology |
ISBN |
The Confessions
Title | The Confessions PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Augustine (of Hippo) |
Publisher | New City Press |
Pages | 455 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Christian saints |
ISBN | 156548083X |
Presents an English translation of Saint Augustine's "Confessions" in which the fourth-century bishop reflects on his faith and reveals his sins
Confessions: Commentary on Books 1-7
Title | Confessions: Commentary on Books 1-7 PDF eBook |
Author | Agustín (Santo, Obispo de Hipona) |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
The Confessions of Augustine have long both demanded and eluded the sustained and serious attention to detail that a scholarly commentary can provide. This new work in three volumes is a major new reference in Augustine scholarship. A revised Latin text of the Confessions in Volume I forms the basis for a detailed line-by-line commentary (Volumes II and III) designed to elucidate the many layers of meaning in the work. Extensive quotation and abundant citation of Augustine's own writings, of the scriptural texts that were never far from his mind, and of the works of his intellectual forebears (chief among them Cicero, Plotinus, and Ambrose) are meant to provide one essential context for reading the Confessions. Placing the emphasis primarily on exegesis, O'Donnell opens up new lines of interpretation, and gives a wealth of fresh detail to some more familiar themes. The place of the Confessions in Augustine's own life and in the history of Christian literature is also discussed and illuminated.
The Confessions
Title | The Confessions PDF eBook |
Author | Saint Augustine (of Hippo) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781565480841 |
Presents an English translation of Saint Augustine's "Confessions" in which the fourth-century bishop reflects on his faith and reveals his sins
Augustine's Confessions
Title | Augustine's Confessions PDF eBook |
Author | Garry Wills |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2021-07-27 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0691217645 |
From Pulitzer Prize–winner Garry Wills, the story of Augustine’s Confessions In this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the Confessions--what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the one-and-a-half millennia since it was composed. Following Wills's biography of Augustine and his translation of the Confessions, this is an unparalleled introduction to one of the most important books in the Christian and Western traditions. Understandably fascinated by the story of Augustine's life, modern readers have largely succumbed to the temptation to read the Confessions as autobiography. But, Wills argues, this is a mistake. The book is not autobiography but rather a long prayer, suffused with the language of Scripture and addressed to God, not man. Augustine tells the story of his life not for its own significance but in order to discern how, as a drama of sin and salvation leading to God, it fits into sacred history. "We have to read Augustine as we do Dante," Wills writes, "alert to rich layer upon layer of Scriptural and theological symbolism." Wills also addresses the long afterlife of the book, from controversy in its own time and relative neglect during the Middle Ages to a renewed prominence beginning in the fourteenth century and persisting to today, when the Confessions has become an object of interest not just for Christians but also historians, philosophers, psychiatrists, and literary critics. With unmatched clarity and skill, Wills strips away the centuries of misunderstanding that have accumulated around Augustine's spiritual classic.
Reading Augustine
Title | Reading Augustine PDF eBook |
Author | Jason Byassee |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 75 |
Release | 2006-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1621897427 |
The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the few Christian classics that is still widely read in the secular academy. Yet, oddly enough, it is not often read in the manner Augustine appears to have intended and in which the church read it for centuries: as a model of conversion, devotion, friendship, and the love of God. This book is a companion for any reader of the Confessions--whether in an academic, ecclesial, or devotional context--informed by the latest scholarship yet always directed toward pushing the reader, with Augustine, toward God.