Name: Augustine of Hippo: A Biography
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Author: Peter Brown
ISBN: 9780520280410

Type

Physical Book

Author

Peter Brown

Publisher

University of California Press

Language

English

Pages

568

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.5 x 14.0 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.65 kg.

ISBN13

9780520280410

Synopsis "Augustine of Hippo: A Biography "

This classic biography was first published forty-five years ago and has since established itself as the standard account of Saint Augustine's life and teaching. The remarkable discovery of a considerable number of letters and sermons by Augustine cast fresh light on the first and last decades of his experience as a bishop. These circumstantial texts have led Peter Brown to reconsider some of his judgments on Augustine, both as the author of the Confessions and as the elderly bishop preaching and writing in the last years of Roman rule in north Africa. Brown's reflections on the significance of these exciting new documents are contained in two chapters of a substantial Epilogue to his biography (the text of which is unaltered). He also reviews the changes in scholarship about Augustine since the 1960s. A personal as well as a scholarly fascination infuse the book-length epilogue and notes that Brown has added to his acclaimed portrait of the bishop of Hippo.

Peter Brown

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He is the author and illustrator of many beloved books such as My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not), Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, Children Make Terrible Pets, and The Curious Garden. His books have been New York Times bestsellers and have been awarded the Caldecott Honor (for Creepy Carrots!). As an illustrator, he won the Children’s Choice Book Award. The Wild Robot is his first novel.

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