Augustine's Confessions : ten studies / by Johannes van Oort.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oort, J. van (Johannes), author.

Series:

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 182.

Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 0920-623X ; volume 182

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones.

Augustine.

Physical Description:

xviii, 249 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

This book presents new interpretations of essential and well-known passages from Augustine's Confessions. In ten chapters, the Augustinian specialist Johannes van Oort analyzes and explains many essential passages in the work from the background of Augustine's thorough knowledge of Manichaeism. This "Gnostic' variant of Christianity exerted a great influence on the North African Augustine, as evidenced in his most famous and (arguably) most influential work. In a new light appear such figures as Monnica, Ponticianus, Lady Continence, the rather obscure African bishop who speaks of Augustine as "a son of such tears"; events such as the 'illustrious' pear theft, the coming of "a glorious young man" to dreaming Monnica, Augustine's dramatic conversion; basic features such as his concept of 'God', deep sense 0f (sexual) sin, highly influential reflections on memory, fundamental view of Christ as God's right hand and, perhaps most importantly, his mystical spirituality --Book cover.

Contents:

Gnostic-Christian and Catholic-Christian spirituality in Augustine's Confessions

Augustine and Mani's Icon (conf. 3,10-11)

Monnica's bishop and the 'filius istarum lacrimarum' (conf. 3,21)

A note on 'substomachans' (conf. 3,21)

Augustine's De pulchro et apto (conf. 4,20-27)

'God' In Augustine's Confessions (conf. 1-7)

Augustine's conversion (conf. 8,13-30)

God, memory, and beauty (conf. 10,1-38)

Christ as God's hand (conf. 1-13)

Sin and concupiscence in Augustine's Confessions (conf. 1-13).

Notes:

Collection of essays on the Confessions.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-243) and index.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9789004685888

900468588X

OCLC:

1419158782

Publisher Number:

9789004685888