Expositions of the Psalms 1-32 (Vol. I) (The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century) (Works of Saint Augustine, Vol. Iii, No. 15)

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The first volume of this long-awaited translation of one of Augustine s classics and a great work in Christian literature. Newly translated by Maria Boulding, O.S.B., whose masterful translation of Augustine s Confessions has been praised as being of a different level of excellence from practically anything else on the market.

As the psalms are a microcosm of the Old Testament, so the Expositions of the Psalms can be seen as a microcosm of Augustinian thought. In the Book of Psalms are to be found the history of the people of Israel, the theology and spirituality of the Old Covenant, and a treasury of human experience expressed in prayer and poetry. So too does the work of expounding the psalms recapitulate and focus the experiences of Augustine s personal life, his theological reflections and his pastoral concerns as Bishop of Hippo.