Christ meets me everywhere Augustine's early figurative exegesis
This book studies the earliest biblical reading practices of Augustine of Hippo (354-430), the greatest of the Latin Church Fathers. It examines works from the first fifteen years of Augustine's Christian life in order to follow the course of his development. His reflections on the craft of her...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2012, c2012
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| Series: | Oxford studies in historical theology / Oxford studies in historical theology
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book studies the earliest biblical reading practices of Augustine of Hippo (354-430), the greatest of the Latin Church Fathers. It examines works from the first fifteen years of Augustine's Christian life in order to follow the course of his development. His reflections on the craft of hermeneutics advanced not only specifically theological reading practices but also the humane art of textual interpretation. Augustine's rationale for figurative reading in the tens of thousands of Scripture references that filled hundreds of sermons, letters, and treatises made him the most widely read commentator on the Christian Scriptures in the west for more than a thousand years |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 410 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780199950584 |