Saint Augustine was born on November 13th, A.D. 354, in Tagaste
(modern Souk Ahras, Algeria), and died almost seventy-six years
later in Hippo Regius (modern Annaba) on the Mediterranean coast
sixty miles away. In the years between, he devoted himself to the
mastery of the texts of scripture, becoming a formidable
theologian.
Garry Willsis a historian and the author of theNew York
TimesbestsellersWhat Jesus Meant,Papal Sin,Why I Am a Catholic,
andWhy Priests?,among others. A frequent contributor totheNew York
Review of Booksand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize
winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He
lives in Evanston, Illinois.
"[Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact." —Los Angeles Times "[Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages." —Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books"Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand." —James Wood"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition." —Chicago Tribune
"[Wills] renders Augustine's famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact." -Los Angeles Times "[Wills's] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills's pages." -Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books"Augustine flourishes in Wills's hand." -James Wood"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition." -Chicago Tribune
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