| Description |
1 online resource (x, 278 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae,
0920-623X ;
v. 71
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Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 71.
0920-623X
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| Note |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and indexes. |
| Summary |
"This book is about the communicative purpose and the audience of the Confessions. It illuminates the degree to which the communicative purpose of the work is to convert its readers, i.e. a protreptic purpose, and the degree to which the target audience may be identified as Augustine's potential Manichaean readers. A brief survey of possible literary antecedents points to the existence of other works that consist of the same combination of an autobiographical section (a conversion story) with a polemical and exegetical section (an argument that aims to convince the reader of the merits of a specific point of view) that characterizes the Confessions. The book provides a new perspective on the meaning and structure of Augustine's often misunderstood masterpiece."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones.
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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. |
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Augustin, saint, évêque d'Hippone. Confessiones. |
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Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint) |
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Agostinho, Santo, Bispo De Hipona, 354-430. |
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Augustinus, Aurelius. |
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Confessiones. |
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Didactic literature, Latin -- History and criticism.
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Didactic literature, Latin. |
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Manichaeism -- Controversial literature -- History and criticism.
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Manichaeism -- Controversial literature. |
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Manichaeism. |
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Apologetics -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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| Chronological Term |
30-600 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kotzé, Annemaré. Augustine's Confessions. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004 (DLC) 2004040889 |
| ISBN |
1429408421 (electronic book) |
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9781429408424 (electronic book) |
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9789004139268 (alkaline paper) |
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9004139265 (alkaline paper) |
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9004139265 (alkaline paper) |
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