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O'Daly, Gerard

 
9780198263548: Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide
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ISBN 10 : 0198263546 ISBN 13 : 9780198263548
Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1999

Synopsis

The City of God is the most influential of Augustine's works, which played a decisive role in the formation of the Christian West. This book is the first comprehensive modern guide to it in any language. The City of God's scope embodies cosmology, psychology, political thought, anti-pagan polemic, Christian apologetic, theory of history, biblical interpretation and apocalyptic themes. This book is, therefore, at once about a single masterpiece and at the same time surveys Augustine's developing views through the whole range of his thought. The book is written in the form of a detailed, running commentary on each part of the work. Further chapters elucidate the early fifth century political, social, historical, and literary background, the work's sources, and its place in Augustine's writings. The book should prove of value to Augustine's wide readership among students of late antiquity, theologians, philosophers, medievalists, Renaissance scholars, and historians of Art and iconography.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The City of God is the most influential of Augustine's works, which played a decisive role in the formation of the Christian West. This book is the first comprehensive modern guide to it in any language. The City of God's scope embodies cosmology, psychology, political thought, anti-pagan polemic, Christian apologetic, theory of history, biblical interpretation and apocalyptic themes. This book is, therefore, at once about a single masterpiece and at the same time surveys Augustine's developing views through the whole range of his thought. The book is written in the form of a detailed, running commentary on each part of the work. Further chapters elucidate the early fifth century political, social, historical, and literary background, the work's sources, and its place in Augustine's writings. The book should prove of value to Augustine's wide readership among students of late antiquity, theologians, philosophers, medievalists, Renaissance scholars, and historians of Art and iconography.

Revue de presse

An expert and well-judged study, and one long needed (Journal of Roman Studies)

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Éditeur
Clarendon Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198263546
ISBN 13 
9780198263548
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780199270811: Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide

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ISBN 10 :  0199270813 ISBN 13 :  9780199270811
Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2004
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