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A Commentary on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda

A Commentary on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda

Rose, Paula

Hardcover

Ancient History GeneralGeneral ChristianityGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004228225
ISBN13: 9789004228221
Publisher: Brill
Published: May 17 2013
Pages: 622
Weight: 2.50
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
In De cura pro mortuis gerenda Augustine interweaves an assessment of burial near the memorial of a martyr with a series of dream narratives. The seeming lack of coherence between argument and narrative in this treatise has puzzled many scholars. Combining an analysis of the overall structure of the argument and a detailed philological commentary, this study shows that Augustine's text forms a well-composed unity. The study is based on discourse-linguistic and narratological concepts as well as an analysis of the global structure of the narratives. Relying on this combined approach Rose demonstrates how Augustine explores the full breadth of his narrative material in the service of his argument. In addition, this book situates Augustine's text in its cultural-historical context.

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