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Author:   Paula Rose
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   20
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.076kg
ISBN:  

9789004228221

ISBN 10:   9004228225
Pages:   622
Publication Date:   17 May 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English and Latin

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Abbreviations Preliminary remarks General Introduction 1. Epistolary friendship 2. Death, burial and the hereafter in Augustine's works 3. The structure of De cura pro mortuis gerenda What is the usefulness of burial ad sanctos? Worst-case scenario: no burial at all Burial ad sanctos: interaction between place and prayer Attachment to the body versus care for the soul What about a request for burial in a dream? Augustinus narrator: dreaming of the deceased Present angels, absent deceased Asking an expert: John of Lycopolis Burial ad sanctos: an incentive for recommending the deceased Bibliography Index of Latin words

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Paula J. Rose wrote her dissertation on Augustine's De cura pro mortuis gerenda at the VU University of Amsterdam. She is a teacher of Classics at Sint Bonifatius College in Utrecht.

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