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OverviewThis edition of St Augustine's City of God is the only one in English to provide a text and translation as well as a detailed commentary of this most influential document in the history of western Christianity. In these books, written in the aftermath of the sack of Rome in AD 410 by the Goths, Augustine replies to the pagans, who attributed the fall of Rome to the Christian religion and its prohibition of the worship of the pagan gods. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Augustine , Peter WalshPublisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Aris & Phillips Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780856687587ISBN 10: 0856687588 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 30 August 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: Latin Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations and Bibliography INTRODUCTION TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK III TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF BOOK IV COMMENTARY ON BOOK III COMMENTARY ON BOOK IV IndicesReviews‘...a good basic tool for students and scholars who wish to read and study Augustine's text in English with the possibility of consulting the Latin original.’ Bryn Mawr Classical Review '...a good basic tool for students and scholars who wish to read and study Augustine's text in English with the possibility of consulting the Latin original.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review `...a good basic tool for students and scholars who wish to read and study Augustine's text in English with the possibility of consulting the Latin original.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationP.G. Walsh was Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow, and a Latin scholar of international renown. His publications include Livy: His Historical Aims and Methods (1961) and The Roman Novel (1970); editions of Augustine, De bono coniugaliand De sancta uirginitate (Oxford); and translations of Paulinus of Nola (Letters, Poems) and of Cassiodorus, Explanation of the Psalms (Ancient Christian Writers). He edited the first sixteen books of Augustine’s De Civitate Dei, as well as Books XXXVI-XL of Livy’s History for the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series. Livy is a main source of Augustine in these books of The City of God. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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