Augustine: The City of God Books III and IV

AvAugustine,Peter Walsh

Inbunden, Latin, 2007

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This edition of St Augustine's The City of God (De Civitate Dei) is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. In these books Augustine offers a Christian perspective on the growth of Rome, which its pagan apologists attribute to the providential protection of its gods. Book III spotlights both the injustices inflicted and the privations endured by the Romans, thus rebutting such claims. Book IV offers a withering account of the Roman deities, basing its analysis on the researches of Terentius Varro. This section of The City of God is a vital document for students of Roman history, and especially of Roman religion, for it provides the most detailed evidence of Varro’s learned works. Latin text with facing-page English translation, introduction and commentary.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-08-30
Mått:147 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Latin, Engelska
Serie:Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9780856687594

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

P.G. Walsh was Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow, and a Latin scholar of international renown. His publications include Livy: His Historical Aims and Methods (1961) and The Roman Novel (1970); editions of Augustine, De bono coniugaliand De sancta uirginitate (Oxford); and translations of Paulinus of Nola (Letters, Poems) and of Cassiodorus, Explanation of the Psalms (Ancient Christian Writers). He edited the first sixteen books of Augustine’s De Civitate Dei, as well as Books XXXVI-XL of Livy’s History for the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series. Livy is a main source of Augustine in these books of The City of God.

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‘...a good basic tool for students and scholars who wish to read and study Augustine's text in English with the possibility of consulting the Latin original.’Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceAbbreviations and BibliographyINTRODUCTIONTEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK IIITEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK IVCOMMENTARY ON BOOK IIICOMMENTARY ON BOOK IVIndices

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