Augustine Confessions Books V Ix

The only commentary in English that interprets Augustine's language and thought in Confessions V-IX, for students and teachers of Latin.

Colin Starnes teaches Patristics in the Classics Department at Dalhousie University in Halifax. In addition to publishing numerous articles on the transition from antiquity to the medieval period, he is the author of The New Republic: A Commentary on Book I of More's Utopia Showing Its Relation to Plato's Republic (WLU Press, 1990).

Accompanied by a commentary, this volume presents the Latin text of one of the great classics of Christian literature. Books I-IV of the Confessions reflect on Augustine's infancy and childhood, adolescent rebellion and student days, as well as his early teaching career.

"As the psalms are a microcosm of the Old Testament, so the Expositions of the Psalms can be seen as a microcosm of Augustinian thought. In the Book of Psalms are to be found the history of the people of Israel, the theology and spirituality of the Old Covenant, and a treasury of human experience expressed in prayer and poetry. So too does the work of expounding the psalms recapitulate and focus the experiences of Augustine's personal life, his theological reflections and his pastoral concerns as Bishop of Hippo."--Publisher's website.

Presents the best scholarship on Augustine's Confessions which will facilitate a better understanding of this masterpiece.

An commentary on the Latin text of St. Augustine's Confessoins intended for beginning and intermediate students of Latin. The commentary uses and is based on the text of James O'Donnell and makes considerable use both of his commentary as well as Gillian Clark's commentary, while remaining keyed to questions pertinent for beginning students, i.e., grammar, syntax, and morphology.

A new interpretation of the first six books of Augustine's Confessions, emphasizing the importance of Christianity rather than Neoplatonism.

A comprehensive review of the entire tradition of Jewish Theology from the Bible to the present from leading world scholars.