On Signs, Christ, Truth and the Interpretation of Scripture

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Susannah Ticciati explores Augustine’s scriptural interpretation, as well as the ways in which he understands the character of signs in theory. The book explores Augustine’s scriptural world via three case studies, each geared towards the healing of a particular modern opposition. The three, interrelated, modern oppositions are rooted in an insufficient semiotic worldview. Ticciati argues they contribute to the alienation of the modern reader not only from Augustine’s scriptural world, but more generally from the scriptural world as habitation. Examining the ways in which the therapy for our modern day semiotic illiteracy can be found in the 5th-6th-century Augustine, Ticciati brings close readings of Augustine to bear on significant concerns of our own day: specifically, our modern alienations from the rich world of Scripture Half Title Copyright Page Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Note on Augustine’s Bible Abbreviations Works of Augustine Introduction Chapter 1: Normativity in De magistro The plain sense A deeper sense The subjectivity of the learner The transcendental conditions of learning Purpose and normativity The truth as Christ Chapter 2: Truth-Seeking in Confessions A (post)modern plain sense (Post)modern hermeneutics today (Post)modern presuppositions Searching for alternative presuppositions Confessions through the lens of De magistro Collingwood on thought Augustine on Genesis 1.1-2 Form and matter Confidence and fallibility Transcendental conditions Authorship and authority Chapter 3: Christ in Enarrationes in Psalmos Totus Christus Substitutionary atonement Identity in difference Living towards the eschaton Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Augustine of Hippo General Index