Confessions. Books V-IX/ Agustine ; edited by Peter White
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TextoSeries Cambridge Greek and Latin ClassicsDetalles de publicación: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019 Descripción: XII, 358 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780521253512: Tema(s): Agustín Santo, Obispo de Hipona -- Autobiografía | Literatura latinaResumen: Books V-IX of the Confessions trace five crucial years in the life of Augustine, from his debut as a teacher of rhetoric in North Africa to his baptism as a Christian and the renunciation of a worldly career in Milan. This commentary will be invaluable for those wishing to read his story in the original Latin. Through careful glosses and notes, Augustine's Latin is made accessible to students of patristics and of classics. His extensive quotations from Scripture are translated and explained in light of the variant Bible texts and the interpretative assumptions through which he came to understand them. The unfolding of his career is set against the background of political, cultural, and religious change in the fourth century, and the art with which he created a form of narrative without precedent in earlier Latin literature is illustrated in close detail.
| Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca de origen | Signatura | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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| Monografías | 06. BIBLIOTECA HUMANIDADES | 929Agustín/AGU/con (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | Disponible Ubicación en estantería | Bibliomaps® | 3744840400 |
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Books V-IX of the Confessions trace five crucial years in the life of Augustine, from his debut as a teacher of rhetoric in North Africa to his baptism as a Christian and the renunciation of a worldly career in Milan. This commentary will be invaluable for those wishing to read his story in the original Latin. Through careful glosses and notes, Augustine's Latin is made accessible to students of patristics and of classics. His extensive quotations from Scripture are translated and explained in light of the variant Bible texts and the interpretative assumptions through which he came to understand them. The unfolding of his career is set against the background of political, cultural, and religious change in the fourth century, and the art with which he created a form of narrative without precedent in earlier Latin literature is illustrated in close detail.
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