Saint Augustine: De Civitate Dei (City of God), Books I & II (Saint Augustine) (Classical Texts) (Bks. 1 & 2) [Paperback]

P.G. Walsh (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0856687537 | ISBN-13: 978-0856687532 | Publication Date: May 1, 2005

This edition of Books I & II of St Augustine's City of God is the only edition 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.

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About the Author

P G Walsh is Emeritus Professor of Humanity (Latin) at the University of Glasgow. He is editor of Augustine: De Bono Coniugali and De Sancta Virginitate (Oxford, Clarendon Press 2001); author of The Roman Novel: The 'Satyricon' of Petronius and the 'Metamorphoses' of Apuleius (2nd edition, Bristol Classical Press, 1995); and editor of Livy: Ab urbe condita, Books XXI (Bristol), XXVI-XXX (Teubner), XXXVI-XL (Aris &Phillips). Livy is a main source for these books of De Civitate Dei.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Aris & Phillips (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0856687537
• ISBN-13: 978-0856687532
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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