Confessions (Hackett Classics) - Softcover

Augustine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872208168 ISBN 13: 9780872208162

Verlag: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Like the first Hackett edition of the Augustine's Confessions , the second edition features F. J. Sheed's remarkable translation of this classic spiritual autobiography with an Introduction by noted historian of late antiquity Peter Brown., New to this edition are a wealth of notes on literary, philosophical, biblical, historical, and liturgical topics by Michael P. Foley, an Editor's Preface, a map, a timeline, paragraph numbers in the text, a glossary, and a thorough index. The text itself has been completely reset, with textual and explanatory notes placed at the foot of the page for easy reference.

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Saint Augustine's Latin presents notable difficulties for translators. And even good English translations have usually dated badly. Frank Sheed's, which I read a mere fifty years ago, still shows no signs of dating. It captures Augustine's extraordinary combination of precise statement and poetic evocation as does no other. --Alasdair MacIntyre Augustine's sublime Confessions fairly ring with the music of a baroque eloquence, lavish and stately. F. J. Sheed's ear for that music makes this translation a memorable opportunity to hear Augustine's voice resonating down the years." --James O'Donnell

Biografía del autor

F. J. Sheed was co-founder of the publishing house of Sheed & Ward. Peter Brown is the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Princeton University. Michael P. Foley is Assistant Professor of Patristics in the Honors College, Baylor University.

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• Verlag: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0872208168
• ISBN 13: 9780872208162
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384
• Herausgeber: Foley Michael P.