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Philip Burton explores Augustine's treatment of language in his Confessions - a major work of Western philosophy and literature, with continuing intellectual importance. One of Augustine's key concerns is the story of his own encounters with language: from his acquisition of language as a child, through his career as schoolboy orator then star student at Carthage, to professor of rhetoric at Carthage and Rome. Having worked his way up to the eminence of Court Orator to the Roman Emperor at Milan, Augustine rediscovered the catholic Christianity of his childhood - and decided that this was incompatible with his rhetorical profession. Over the next ten years, he gradually reinvents himself as a different sort of language professional: a Christian intellectual, commentating on Scripture and preaching to his flock.
Philip Burton is Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Biblical Languages at the University of Birmingham.
Show morePhilip Burton explores Augustine's treatment of language in his Confessions - a major work of Western philosophy and literature, with continuing intellectual importance. One of Augustine's key concerns is the story of his own encounters with language: from his acquisition of language as a child, through his career as schoolboy orator then star student at Carthage, to professor of rhetoric at Carthage and Rome. Having worked his way up to the eminence of Court Orator to the Roman Emperor at Milan, Augustine rediscovered the catholic Christianity of his childhood - and decided that this was incompatible with his rhetorical profession. Over the next ten years, he gradually reinvents himself as a different sort of language professional: a Christian intellectual, commentating on Scripture and preaching to his flock.
Philip Burton is Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Biblical Languages at the University of Birmingham.
Show more1. Sermo ; 2. Alternative Comedy: The Language of the Theatre ; 3. The Vocabulary of the Liberal Arts ; 4. Talking Books ; 5. Biblical Idioms in the Confessions ; 6. The Paralinguistics ; 7. Epilogue
Philip Burton is Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Biblical Languages at the University of Birmingham.
The relative value of the work lies in the detailed information
about a specific number of issues, especially statistics on word
usage and comparisons with classical works... also demonstrates the
rich and nuanced nature of Augustine's prose and how carefully it
has to be read in order to discover all the meanings embedded in
the text... Any detailed interpretation of passages that contain
some of the words and concepts examined by Burton may benefit by
taking into account the insights from his book.
*Annemaré Kotzé, Vigiliae Christianae*
Burton's book shows the complexity, subtlety and newness of
Augustine's writing and philosophical insight
*Father Anthony Dykes, The Classical Review*
Philip Burton has written a throughly researched book that is sure
to impress any reader of Augustine who appreciates both the nuances
of language and the subtlety of argument weaved within Augustine's
writings... this book is a must read read for those who wish to
gain a deeper and richer appreciation Augustine's Confessions.
*The Heythrop Journal*
Burton's book is a creative addition to the scholarship on the
Confessions, well worth reading in its entirety by specialists
onAugustine, but as articles, too, by any with interests in the
individual topics...The result is unusual, welcome, and
refreshing...a fine example of what can result from getting a
different pair of eyes with a different methodology to work on a
renowned and overworked canonical text.
*Dan Uta Shanzer American Journal of Philology*
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