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Hackett Classics Ser.: Confessions by Augustine (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-100872208168
ISBN-139780872208162
eBay Product ID (ePID)53919442
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameConfessions
Publication Year2006
SubjectHistory & Surveys / Medieval, Religious
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorAugustine
SeriesHackett Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2006-016373
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsAugustine'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, "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, 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, "This translation is already a classic. It is the translation that has guided three generations of students and readers into a renewed appreciation of the beauty and urgency of a masterpiece of Christian autobiography. This is largely because the translator has caught not only the meaning of Augustine's Confessions , but a large measure of its poetry. It makes the Latin sing in English as it did when it came from the pen of Augustine, some sixteen hundred years ago. Deeply rooted in the tradition of which Augustine was himself a principal founder, this translation is not only modern: it is a faithful echo, in a language that has carried throughout the ages, of its author's original passion and disquiet." --Peter Brown, "To my ears, Sheed's translation is the most beautiful English translation available. The same electric current that runs through Augustine's original can be felt in this translation, which combines a slightly elevated style (more elevated in direct prayers) combined with the immediacy and transparency of a street preacher (not that different from Augustine's own style). The latest edition includes an introduction by Peter Brown, the best biographer of Augustine, and notes and commentary by Michael Foley, a truly excellent reader of Augustine." --Jared Ortiz, Hope College, in Catholic World Report
Notes byFoley, Michael P.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal270.2092 B
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
Table Of ContentBook One: The First Fifteen Years; Book Two: The Sixteenth Year; Book Three: From Sixteen to Eighteen; Book Four: From Eighteen to Twenty-Seven; Book Five: Aged Twenty-Eight; Book Six: Aged Twenty-Nine; Book Seven: Aged Thirty; Book Eight: Aged Thirty-One; Book Nine: Aged Thirty-Two; Book Ten: Augustine's Confession of His Present; Book Eleven: In the Beginning God Created (Genesis 1:1); Book Twelve: Heaven and Earth; Book Thirteen: The Days of Creation; Index.
SynopsisLike 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., The second Hackett edition of the Sheed translation, a classic in its own right, offers a wealth of notes on philosophical, theological, historical, and liturgical issues raised by the Confessions , as well as paragraph numbers of the Latin critical edition, and a thorough index.
LC Classification NumberBR65.A6E5 2006
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It is in great shape. Only problems are...
It is in great shape. Only problems are highlighting throughout the book. It is still nice.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
