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Title: Expositions of the Psalms, 1-32 (Works of Saint Augustine, Vol. Iii, No. 15) by St. Augustine, John Rotelle, Maria Boulding, Michael Fiedrowicz ISBN: 1-56548-140-2 Publisher: New City Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Summary: Augustine in high form
Comment: Maria Boulding's translation of the Confessions has been justly praised for its balance of literary style, non-sexist language, and clarity of expression. She now has turned her efforts to the translation of the Ennarationes in Psalmos, a collection of preached sermons and written commentary on all one-hundred fifty psalms. This first volume includes commentaries on the first thirty-two psalms, with two expositions of six psalms, three of Psalm 32, and four of Psalm 30.
These expositions show Augustine at prayer, albeit public prayer in front of a congregation, and addressing a mixed audience, i.e. one composed of more learned and less learned hearers, a distinction he sometimes make reference to as determining the nature of his discourse on a particular day. And thus they show Augustine to be the great preacher and teacher he is. Some of the expositions show Augustine thinking aloud, as when he considers verse six of the first psalm, "I rested and fell asleep," which he variously interprets. He notes that different translations interpret the original Greek differently, and he offers his own thoughts on possible interpretations.
For one not used to patristic interpretation of scripture, Augustine's commentary can be jarring, since he does not just deal with the text on the level of literal interpretation, but he also includes what have come to be known, since the middle ages, as the analogical and anagogical interpretations, i.e. interpretations of what the psalm means in terms of Christianity and what it says to us about moral behavior, all part of Augustine's sensus plenior.
Some of his well-known themes appear, also, and the commentary offers another light on them. In the exposition of Psalm 5, Augustine treats of lying, commenting on the verse, "You hate all those who work iniquity." He gives a brief summary of the discussion on lying and concealing the truth that are found in more expansive forms in his treatises on that subject. The footnotes often are helpful in noting echoes of other works, although here, strangely, there is no reference to his other discussions of lying. He also offers a reflection on God as father and mother in Exposition 2 of Psalm 26, a discussion that might be surprising to some readers.
Overall, the Expositions of the Psalms offers what amounts to a mini-course in Augustinian theology, since all of his keys themes are treated in an abbreviated manner at some point in the exposition. And Augustine offers his advice to the people on praying the psalms in his fourth exposition of Psalm 30: "If the psalm is praying, pray yourselves; if it is groaning, you groan too; if it is happy, rejoice; if it is crying out in hope, you hope as well; if it expresses fear, be afraid."
Michael Fiedrowicz's introduction offers a good exposition on how to read this work, placing it in historical and literary context, with an especially good explanation of Augustine's method of interpretation. At the back of the book is an index of Scripture citations and a general index.
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Title: Expositions of the Psalms: 33-50 by John E. Rotelle, Maria Boulding, Saint Augustine ISBN: 1565481461 Publisher: New City Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Expositions of the Psalms (73-98 (The Works of Saint Augustine) by Saint Augustine, Maria Boulding, John Rotelle ISBN: 1565481666 Publisher: New City Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Expositions of the Psalms 99-120 (The Works of Saint Augustine, Vol 19 Part 3) by Saint Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, Maria Boulding, Boniface Ramsey ISBN: 1565481968 Publisher: New City Press Pub. Date: March, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Cambridge Companion to Augustine by Eleonore Stump, Norman Kretzmann ISBN: 052165985X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: The Trinity by Saint Augustine, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Edmund Hill ISBN: 0911782966 Publisher: New City Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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