Augustine's City of God : a reader's guide / Gerard O'Daly.
2020
BR65.A65 O33 2020
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Title
Augustine's City of God : a reader's guide / Gerard O'Daly.
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9780191876806 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (384 pages).
Call Number
BR65.A65 O33 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
239.3
Summary
Augustine wrote 'City of God' in the aftermath of the Gothic sack of Rome in AD 410, at a time of rapid Christianization across the Roman Empire. Gerard O'Daly's text remains the most comprehensive modern guide in any language to this seminal work of European literature. In this extensively revised edition, O'Daly takes into account the abundant scholarship on Augustine in the 20 years since its first publication, while retaining the work's focus on Augustine as a writer in the Latin tradition. He explores the many themes of City of God, which include cosmology, political thought, anti-pagan polemic, Christian apologetic, theory of history, and biblical interpretation.
Note
Augustine wrote 'City of God' in the aftermath of the Gothic sack of Rome in AD 410, at a time of rapid Christianization across the Roman Empire. Gerard O'Daly's text remains the most comprehensive modern guide in any language to this seminal work of European literature. In this extensively revised edition, O'Daly takes into account the abundant scholarship on Augustine in the 20 years since its first publication, while retaining the work's focus on Augustine as a writer in the Latin tradition. He explores the many themes of City of God, which include cosmology, political thought, anti-pagan polemic, Christian apologetic, theory of history, and biblical interpretation.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 20, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780198841241
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