City of God
by St. Augustine
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Author: St. AugustineEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); Latin (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged
Published: 1958-02-01
ISBN: 0385029101
Number of pages: 592
Publisher: Image
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Book Review: A fair alternative for casual study and reading
Summary: 4 Stars
This abridged version of St. Augustine's work is great for casual readers who are looking to brush up on their classics or, as in my case, for students who either don't have time to read and decipher the text in its entirety or need help doing so. If you want to truly study "The City of God," you should probably stick with the Modern Library edition (ISBN 0679783199) which provides better explanatory footnotes, one sentence chapter summaries, a collection of commentaries, and a much more comprehensive subject index. This Image abridged version, however, benefits from simpler and more fluid prose. After reading a chapter of the Modern Library edition, I often found myself referring back to this edition to reinforce and/or clarify what I had just read. I also appreciated the better biblical footnotes found in this version. Certainly the existing chapters are condensed and those that the editors have omitted are given brief summaries. Overall, this edition does not take away the essence of Augustine's original but it does make it slightly more digestible to the average reader.
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