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Title: | Completing the Journey: Scriptural Exegesis in Augustine's Confessions |
Authors: | Haflidson, Ronald |
Advisor: | Widdicombe, Peter |
Department: | Religious Studies |
Keywords: | Religion;Religion |
Publication Date: | Aug-2007 |
Abstract: | <p>Saint Augustine's <em>Confessions</em> stands as one of the most widely read works of the Western tradition. Despite its popularity there remains a greatly contested question fundamental to understanding <em>Confessions</em>: how do all the books cohere? The question about coherence arises because the "autobiographical" books (1-IX) differ markedly from the "philosophical" ones (X-XIII). This division is evident in that many treatments of <em>Confessions</em> only consider the first nine books. It is the contention of this thesis that the final three books are absolutely essential to a complete reading of <em>Confessions</em>. In the final three books Augustine develops his understanding of creation, his ecc1esiology, his hermeneutics and his Trinitarian doctrine. This thesis seeks to show how the Scriptural exegesis of the final three books completes the journey of Confessions-the journey to rest in the Triune God-as described in the first ten books.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10632 |
Identifier: | opendissertations/5665 6688 2128522 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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