Miser ego homo

Augustine, Paul, and the rhetorical moment

This work on Augustine's use and interpretation of Romans 7,24-25a uses it as a 'lens through which to view and judge the interworkings of scripture and rhetoric in Augustine's own development (p.433). Noticing change and development in Augustine's interpretation of this text. M. highlights a rhetor...

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Author:Thomas Frank Martin
Series:Dissertation Abstracts International
Part:A
Volume:56
Pages:987
Format:Abstract
Topic:- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic
- Doctrine > From man to God > Divine revelation > Exegesis > [Exégèse des textes du Nouveau Testament] > Epistles of St. Paul > [Romains] > Rom 7 > Rom 7,24-25a
- Doctrine > From man to God > Divine revelation > Exegesis > [Exégèse. Personnages. Lieux. Thèmes] > [Personnages] > [Paul]
- Doctrine > From man to God > Jesus Christ. Redemption. Sacraments. Church. Grace. Mariology. > Grace > [Prédestination - Élection (grâce et liberté)] > [Liberté et grâce]
Parent Work: Dissertation Abstracts International
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:This work on Augustine's use and interpretation of Romans 7,24-25a uses it as a 'lens through which to view and judge the interworkings of scripture and rhetoric in Augustine's own development (p.433). Noticing change and development in Augustine's interpretation of this text. M. highlights a rhetorical dimension to that progression' and be identifies three moments in that development: a rhetoric of conversion, of captivity and of antithesis. There is much richness to be found in these pages, a reading of Augustine that can begin to renew and even refocus some of the issues that touch Augustine's interpretation of Paul and his understanding of grace and freedom.