Confessions
$51.36
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2006
Summary
Like the first Hackett edition of Augustine’s Confessions, the second edition features F. J. Sheed’s remarkable translation of this classic spiritual autobiography with an Introduction by noted historian of late antiquity Peter Brown.
New to this edition are a wealth of notes on literary, philosophical, biblical, historical, and liturgical topics by Michael P. Foley, an Editor’s Preface, a map, a timeline, paragraph numbers in the text, a glossary, and a thorough index. The t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780872208162 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0872208168 |
| Author: | Augustine, F.J. Sheed, Peter Brown, Michael P. Foley |
| Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Imprint: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 139mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Hackett Classics |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“To my ears, Sheed’s translation is the most beautiful English translation available. The same electric current that runs through Augustine’s original can be felt in this translation, which combines a slightly elevated style (more elevated in direct prayers) combined with the immediacy and transparency of a street preacher (not that different from Augustine’s own style). The latest edition includes an introduction by Peter Brown, the best biographer of Augustine, and notes and commentary by Michael Foley, a truly excellent reader of Augustine.”
—Jared Ortiz, Hope College, in Catholic World Report
“This translation is already a classic. It is the translation that has guided three generations of students and readers into a renewed appreciation of the beauty and urgency of a masterpiece of Christian autobiography. This is largely because the translator has caught not only the meaning of Augustine’s Confessions, but a large measure of its poetry. It makes the Latin sing in English as it did when it came from the pen of Augustine, some sixteen hundred years ago. Deeply rooted in the tradition of which Augustine was himself a principal founder, this translation is not only modern: it is a faithful echo, in a language that has carried throughout the ages, of its author’s original passion and disquiet.”
—Peter Brown
“Saint Augustine’s Latin presents notable difficulties for translators. And even good English translations have usually dated badly. Frank Sheed’s, which I read a mere fifty years ago, still shows no signs of dating. It captures Augustine’s extraordinary combination of precise statement and poetic evocation as does no other.”
—Alasdair MacIntyre
“Augustine’s sublime Confessions fairly ring with the music of a baroque eloquence, lavish and stately. F. J. Sheed’s ear for that music makes this translation a memorable opportunity to hear Augustine’s voice resonating down the years.”
—James O’Donnell
About The Author
Augustine
F. J. Sheed was co-founder of the publishing house of Sheed & Ward.
Peter Brown is the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Princeton University.
Michael P. Foley is Assistant Professor of Patristics in the Honors College, Baylor University.
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