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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199297096

ISBN-139780199297092

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Number of Pages320 Pages

Publication NameAugustine's Commentary on Galatians : Introduction, Text, Translation, and Notes

LanguageEnglish

SubjectBiblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament

Publication Year2006

TypeTextbook

AuthorEric Plumer

Subject AreaReligion

SeriesOxford Early Christian Studies

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

Reviews'Review from previous edition ... lucid and clear ... Beautifully produced, this edition offers very full notes and an ample bibliography, for which both author and publisher must be thanked ... a valuable contribution to scholarship on Augustine, on fourth-century Latin patristics, and on thehistory of exegesis.'Journal of Religion, 'Review from previous edition ... lucid and clear ... Beautifully produced, this edition offers very full notes and an ample bibliography, for which both author and publisher must be thanked ... a valuable contribution to scholarship on Augustine, on fourth-century Latin patristics, and on the history of exegesis.'Journal of Religion'... excellent ... While not always solving problems, the book clarifies many of them ... well worth the investment.'The Expository Times, 'Review from previous edition ... lucid and clear ... Beautifullyproduced, this edition offers very full notes and an ample bibliography, forwhich both author and publisher must be thanked ... a valuable contribution toscholarship on Augustine, on fourth-century Latin patristics, and on the historyof exegesis.'Journal of Religion, '... excellent ... While not always solving problems, the book clarifiesmany of them ... well worth the investment.'The Expository Times, '... excellent ... While not always solving problems, the book clarifies many of them ... well worth the investment.'The Expository Times

Dewey Decimal227/.407

Table Of ContentI. Introduction1. Date of Composition2. Augustine in Relation to the Other Latin Commentators on Paul in Late Antiquity3. The Purpose of Augustine's Commentary4. Augutine as a Reader of Galatians5. ConclusionsII. Augustine's Commentary on the Letter to Galatians: Text, Translation, and Notes

SynopsisAugustine's Commentary on Galatians is his only complete, formal commentary on any book of the Bible and offers unique insights into his understanding of Paul and of his own task as a biblical interpreter. In addition to an English translation with facing Latin text, Eric Plumer provides a comprehensive introduction and copious notes., Now available in English for the first time, Augustine's Commentary on Galatians is his only complete, formal commentary on any book of the Bible and offers unique insights into his understanding of Paul and of his own task as a biblical interpreter. Yet it is one of his least known works today - and this despite its importance in the past for such major figures as Aquinas, Luther, Erasmus, and Newman. The present volume seeks to remedy this situation by providing not only an English translation with facing Latin text, but also a comprehensive introduction and copious notes. Since Galatians happens to be the only biblical book commented upon by all the ancient Latin commentators - including Jerome, Pelagius, Ambrosiaster, and Marius Victorinus, as well as Augustine - it provides a basis for comparing them and for identifying Augustine's special concerns and emphases. Augustine's Commentary also has crucial links to other works he wrote at the time, especially his monastic rule and De Doctrina Christiana. Augustine's emphasis on Galatians as a pastoral letter designed to preserve and strengthen Christian unity links the commentary to his monastic rule, while his method and sources link it to, and indeed pave the way for, the theory of biblical interpretation set forth in the De Doctrina Christiana., Here available in English for the first time, Augustine's Commentary on Galatians is his only complete, formal commentary on any book of the Bible. Since Galatians was commented upon by all the ancient Latin commentators, it provides a basis for comparing them and for identifying Augustine's special concerns and emphases. Plumer's translation features facing Latin text, and he provides a comprehensive introduction and copious notes.

LC Classification NumberBS2685