Het eigen leven als scheppingsverhaal

een literaire benadering van Augustinus' Confessiones

This article focuses on Robert McMahon's study Augustine's prayerful ascent : an essay on the literary form of the Confessions. Challenging the widely held view that the Confessions lack unity and structure, McMahon shows how Augustine carefully organized his work in order to achieve special effects...

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Bibliographic Details
Author:Hans van Reisen
Published: Verloren, Hilversum, 2010
Volume:43
Pages:327-339
Language:Dutch
Periodical:Lampas
Number:4
ISSN:0165-8204
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Présentation / structure]
- Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Structure littéraire]
- Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Théologie autobiographique / narrative]
- Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Unité esthétique]
- Doctrine > From man to God > Divine revelation > Exegesis > [Exégèse des textes de l'Ancien Testament] > Genesis > Gen 1
Status:Active
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Summary:This article focuses on Robert McMahon's study Augustine's prayerful ascent : an essay on the literary form of the Confessions. Challenging the widely held view that the Confessions lack unity and structure, McMahon shows how Augustine carefully organized his work in order to achieve special effects. In the 13th book, Augustine identifies the allegory of Genesis 1 as the paradigm for the Confessions as a whole. The nine distinguished divine acts in Genesis as the paradigm for the Confessions as a whole. The nine distinguished divine acts in Genesis 1 parallel Augustine's autobiographical account of his conversion in books 1-9. On another level they also reflect Augustine's extraordinary power of interpretation: in his view all creation (and human history as outlined in church history) gains a new, rich layer of meaning.