Language in the Confessions of Augustine - Paperback|Softback

An exploration of Augustine's treatment of language in his Confessions - a major work of Western philosophy and literature, with continuing intellectual importance. Philip Burton traces the role of language in Augustine's career, up to his reinvention of himself as a Christian intellectual, commentating on Scripture and preaching to his flock.

• | By (Author): Philip (Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Biblical Languages, University of Birmingham) Burton
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 12, 2009
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0199554455
• | ISBN-13: 9780199554454