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Confessions, Vol. 1: Introduction and Text by Saint Augustine;James J. O’Donnell (ann.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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.

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Author

Saint Augustine;James J. O’Donnell (ann.)

Publisher

Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199660728

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Christian, Literary Fiction