Page i On Genesis Page ii The Fathers of the Church A New Translation Volume 84 Editorial Board Thomas P. Halton The Catholic University of America Editorial Director M. Josephine Brennan, I.H.M. Marywood College Elizabeth Clark Duke University Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M. Quincy College Robert B. Eno, S.S. The Catholic University of America Frank A. C. Mantello The Catholic University of America Kathleen McVey Princeton Theological Seminary Robert D. Sider Dickinson College Michael Slusser Duquesne University David J. McGonagle Director The Catholic University of America Press Former Editorial Directors Ludwig Schopp, Roy J. Deferrari, Bernard M. Peebles, Hermigild Dressler, O.F.M. Cynthia Kahn Staff Editor Page iii On Genesis Two Books on Genesis Against the Manichees and On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis: An Unfinished Book Saint Augustine Translated by Roland J. Teske, S.J. Marquette University Page iv Copyright © 1991 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standards for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39481984. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGINGINPUBLICATION DATA Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. [De Genesi contra Manichaeos. English] On Genesis against the Manichees; and, On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis: An Unfinished Book / Saint Augustine; translated by Roland J. Teske. p. cm. — (The Fathers of the Church; v. 84) Translation of: De Genesi contra Manichaeos and De Genesi ad litteram imperfectus liber. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 1. Bible. O.T. Genesis—Commentaries—Early works to 1800. I. Teske, Roland J., 1934 . II. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. De Genesi ad litteram imperfectus liber. English. 1990. III. Title: On Genesis against the Manicbees. IV. Title: On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis: An Unfinished Book. V. Series. BS1235.A8413 1990 222'.1106—dc20 9039711 ISBN 0813200849 Page v For my brothers: John, Robert, Charles, and Paul Page vii CONTENTS Abbreviations ix Select Bibliography xi Introduction 1 Appendix: St. Augustine, the Retractations 39 Two Books on Genesis against the Manichees 45 Book One 47 Book Two 91 On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis: An Unfinished Book 143 Indices General Index 191 Index of Holy Scripture 196 Page ix Abbreviations Periodicals and Reference Works ACW Ancient Christian Writers. New York, New York/Mahwah, New Jersey: Newman Press, 1946. AM Augustinus Magister. Congrès international augustinien. Paris, September 21–24, 1954. Vols. 1 and 2: Communications. Vol. 3: Actes. AS Augustinian Studies BA Bibliothèque augustinienne. Oeuvres de saint Augustin. Paris, 1936. BAC Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos. Madrid, 1946. CCL Corpus Christianorum Series Latina. Turnhout, 1953. CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum. Vienna, 1966. DS Enchiridion Symbolorum. Ed. H. DenzingerA. Schönmetzer. Rome: Herder, 1976. DTC Dictionnaire de théologie catholique. Ed. A. Vacant, E. Mangenot, and E. Amann. Paris, 1935. EP Enchiridion Patristicum. Ed. M. J. Rouët de Journal. 24th ed. Rome, 1969. FOTC The Fathers of the Church. New York and Washington, D.C., 1947. NCE New Catholic Encyclopedia. New York, 1967. ODCC2 The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2d ed. Ed. F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone. Oxford, 1984. PG Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Graeca. Ed. J.P. Migne. Paris, 1957–1866. PL Patrologiae Cursus Completus: Series Latina. Ed. J.P. Migne. Paris, 1878–1890. RAug Recherches augustiniennes REAug Revue des études augustiniennes SC Sources chrétiennes. Paris, 1942. SP Studia Patristica TS Theological Studies TU Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Altchristlichen Literatur. Berlin, 1882. Page x Works Of Saint Augustine C Confessiones CA Contra academicos CEM Contra epistolam Manichaei quam vocant fundamenti CF Contra Faustum CO Contra Orosium DBV De beata vita DCD De civitate dei DD83 De diversis quaestionibus LXXXIII DDC De doctrina christiana DFS De fide et symbolo DGnI De Genesi ad litteram liber imperfectus DGnL De Genesi ad litteram DGnM De Genesi contra Manichaeos DH De haeresibus ad Quodvultdeum DI De immortalitate animae DLA De libero arbitrio DME De moribus ecclesiae et de moribus Manichaeorum DMu De musica DOR De ordine DQ De quantitate animae DT De trinitate DUC De utilitate credendi DVR De vera religione E Epistulae EnP Enarrationes in Psalmos JE In Joannis evangelium tractatus CXXIV QH Quaestiones in Heptateuchum R Retractationes S Sermones SO Soliloquia Page xi SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Texts and Translations De Genesi contra Manichaeos libri II Carrozzi, L. tr. Opere di Sant'Agostino. Vol. 9.1.58–181. Rome, 1988. Martín, Balbino, tr. Obras de San Agustin en Edición Bilingüe. BAC 15(168) (1957) 361–491. Migne, J.P., ed. Sancti Aurelii Augustini, Hipponensis Episcopi, Opera Omnia. PL 34.173–220. Péronne, Ecalle, Vincent, Charpentier, and H. Barreau, eds. and trs. Oeuvres complètes de saint Augustin, évèque d'Hippone. 3.423–492. Paris, 1878. De Genesi ad litteram liber imperfectus Carozzi, L. tr. Opere di Sant'Agostino. Vol. 9.1.198–265. Rome, 1988. Charpentier, A., tr. Oeuvres complètes de saint Augustin, évèque d'Hippone. 7.1–35. Paris, 1873. Martín, Balbino, tr. Obras de San Agustin de Edición Bilingüe. BAC 15(168) (1957) 501–565. Migne, J.P., ed. Sancti Aurelii Augustini, Hipponensis Episcopi, Opera Omnia. PL 34.219–246. Zycha, Joseph. CSEL 28.1 (1894) 457–503. Secondary Sources Alfaric, Prosper. L'évolution intellectuelle de s. Augustin. 1. Du manichéisme à néoplatonisme. Paris: Nourry, 1918. Altaner, Berthold. "Augustinus und Origenes." Historisches Jahrbuch 70 (1961) 15–41. = "Augustinus und Origenes." Kleine patristische Schriften in TU 83 (1967) 224–252. Bourke, Vernon J. Wisdom from St. Augustine. Houston: Center for Thomistic Studies, 1984. Henry, Paul. The Path to Transcendence: From Philosophy to Mysticism in St. Augustine. Introduction and translation by Francis F. Burch. Pittsburgh: Pickwick, 1981 = La vision d'Ostie. Sa place dans la vie et dans l'oeuvre de saint Augustin. Paris: J. Vrin, 1938. Lubac, Henri de. Exégèse médiévale. Les quatre sens de l'Ecriture. Paris: Aubier, 1959. ———. Histoire et Esprit. L'intelligence de l'Ecriture d'aprés Origène. Paris: Aubier, 1950.
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