On Genesis Two Books on Genesis Against the Manichees; And, On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis, an Unfinished Book

by Augustine of Hippo

Book Overview

Augustine's Two Books on Genesis against the Manichees and On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis: An Unfinished Book represent the first two of five explanations of the beginning of the Book of Genesis that he undertook between 388 and 418. In the first, a commentary on Genesis 1-3, Augustine counters the ignorant and impious attacks against Scripture by the Manichees, with whom he was a ""hearer"" for nine years. The second would have been a hexaemeron,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813210887
• ISBN13: 9780813210889
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.3" x 8.1"