Augustine's City of God: A Reader's Guide - Rilegato

O'Daly, Gerard

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ISBN 10: 0198263546 ISBN 13: 9780198263548

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 1999

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

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

L'autore:

Gerard O'Daly is Professor of Latin at University College London.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0198263546
• ISBN 13: 9780198263548
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 336