NEW TESTAMENT I AND II: STUDY EDITION

A translation for the 21st century which contains the translations of four works: The Lord's Sermon on the Mount, Agreement Among the Evangelists, Questions on the Gospels, and Seventeen Questions on Matthew, each accompanied by its own introduction, general index and scripture index. The Lord's Sermon on the Mount is an exegesis of Chapters 5 to 7 of Matthew's Gospel, but Augustine's explanation is more a charter of Christian morality and spirituality, and it brings a unity to the lengthy discourse far beyond an account of what the text says. Augustine wrote Agreement Among the Evangelists in 400, at the same time of his Confessions (397-401). The treatise is an attempt to defend the veracity of the four evangelists in the face of seeming incompatibilities in their record of the Gospel events, especially against some pagan philosophers who raised objections to the Gospel narrative based on alleged inconsistencies. Questions on the Gospels and Seventeen Questions on Matthew are a record of questions that arose when Augustine was reading the Gospels of Matthew and Luke with a disciple. They are not intended to be commentaries but merely represent the questions of the student at the time and similarly the questions and answers genre includes some paragraphs at the end that are certainly not Augustine's. This long-awaited translation makes Augustine's monumental work approachable. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) was one of the greatest thinkers and writers of the Western world who converted to Christianity and became Bishop of Hippo in North Africa, where he was influential in civil and church affairs. His writings have had a lasting impact on Western philosophy and culture. 454 page large softback import.