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1 online resource (x, 278 pages) |
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Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 0920-623X ; v. 71 |
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Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 71. 0920-623X
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| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1. PROLEGOMENA -- Chapter 1. The Confessions and its Academic Readers: A Survey of Secondary Literature -- 1.1. Theological and Historical Perspectives -- 1.2. Literary Perspectives -- Chapter 2. The Confessions and its First Readers: Genre and Audience -- 2.1. The Genre of the Confessions -- 2.2. The Audience of the Confessions -- PART 2. ANALYSES -- Chapter 3. Communicative Purpose and Audience in the Meditation on Psalm 4 (In medias res) -- 3.1. A Meditation Directed at a Manichaean Reader -- 3.2. Identification with a Manichaean Audience |
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3.3. The Use of Manichaean Terminology -- Chapter 4. Protreptic Purpose (Sic invenietur) -- 4.1. Indications of Protreptic Purpose in the Opening Paragraph of the Confessions -- 4.2. Persona and Protreptic Purpose -- 4.3. Allusion to Matthew 7:7 and the Expression of Protreptic Purpose -- 4.4. How Pervasive are the Indications of Protreptic-Paraenetic Intent? -- 4.5. The Protreptic Power of Reading and Listening in the Confessions -- 4.6. The Protreptic-Paraenetic Purpose of the Allegory in Book 13 -- Chapter 5. Audience (Cui narro haec) |
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5.1. Manichaeans, Deception, Friendship, and a History of Failed Communication -- 5.2. The Role of curiositas -- 5.3. How Pervasive is the Expression of Concerns with a Manichaean Audience? -- 5.4. The Manichaean Audience of the Allegory in Book 13 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Translations and Texts of Primary Works -- Reference List of Secondary Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Index of Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q |
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R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Index Locorum |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-270) and indexes |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones
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| SUBJECT |
Agostinho, Santo, Bispo De Hipona, 354-430. larpcal |
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Augustinus, Aurelius. swd |
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Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint) fast |
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Confessiones. swd |
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Didactic literature, Latin -- History and criticism
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Manichaeism -- Controversial literature -- History and criticism
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Apologetics -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Apologetics -- Early church
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Didactic literature, Latin
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Manichaeism -- Controversial literature
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Confessiones (Augustinus)
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Lezers.
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Filosofia cristã.
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Filosofia patrística.
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Filosofia medieval.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1429408421 |
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9781429408424 |
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9789004139268 |
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9004139265 |
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