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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/10632
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dc.contributor.advisorWiddicombe, Peteren_US
dc.contributor.authorHaflidson, Ronalden_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-18T16:52:03Z-
dc.date.available2014-06-18T16:52:03Z-
dc.date.created2011-08-02en_US
dc.date.issued2007-08en_US
dc.identifier.otheropendissertations/5665en_US
dc.identifier.other6688en_US
dc.identifier.other2128522en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11375/10632-
dc.description.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>en_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.titleCompleting the Journey: Scriptural Exegesis in Augustine's Confessionsen_US
dc.typethesisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentReligious Studiesen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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