{"id":12576,"date":"2019-07-15T11:53:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=12576"},"modified":"2019-07-15T11:53:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:53:49","slug":"do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html","title":{"rendered":"Do We Really Need A New Translation of the “Confessions”? Surprisingly, Yes!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I review Thomas Williams\u2019s flamboyantly helpful new edition, for the University Bookman:<\/p>\n

Thomas Williams spends a decent chunk of the introduction to his new translation of St. Augustine\u2019s Confessions<\/em> justifying its existence. What can yet another translation hope to provide? Did Augustine steal more pears since the last one?<\/p>\n

Last year I read Sarah Ruden\u2019s 2017 translation<\/a>, and re-read the limpid F.\u00a0J. Sheed translation<\/a> that first introduced me to Augustine. Of these three the Williams is the one I\u2019d hand to an Augustine newcomer. In both its lyrical prose and its excellent, spiritually rich apparatus you can feel Williams\u2019s teaching experience (he is a professor at the University of South Florida). A disclaimer: I don\u2019t read Latin. I can only judge how useful a Confessions<\/em> is to the barbarian. But Williams translates with great love for the barbarians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I review Thomas Williams\u2019s flamboyantly helpful new edition, for the University Bookman: Thomas Williams spends a decent chunk of the introduction to his new translation of St. Augustine\u2019s Confessions justifying its existence. What can yet another translation hope to provide? Did Augustine steal more pears since the last one? Last year I read Sarah Ruden\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[285,11,69],"class_list":["post-12576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-mackerel-snapping","tag-augustine","tag-his-banner-over-me-was-love","tag-weird-saints"],"yoast_head":"\nDo We Really Need A New Translation of the "Confessions"? Surprisingly, Yes!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I review Thomas Williams's flamboyantly helpful new edition, for the University Bookman: Thomas Williams spends a decent chunk of the introduction to his\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do We Really Need A New Translation of the "Confessions"? Surprisingly, Yes!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I review Thomas Williams's flamboyantly helpful new edition, for the University Bookman: Thomas Williams spends a decent chunk of the introduction to his\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eve Tushnet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-15T15:53:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eve Tushnet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eve Tushnet\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html\",\"name\":\"Do We Really Need A New Translation of the \\\"Confessions\\\"? Surprisingly, Yes!\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-15T15:53:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-15T15:53:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/ca04686b93c92257f019070302a23415\"},\"description\":\"I review Thomas Williams's flamboyantly helpful new edition, for the University Bookman: Thomas Williams spends a decent chunk of the introduction to his\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Do We Really Need A New Translation of the “Confessions”? Surprisingly, Yes!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/\",\"name\":\"Eve Tushnet\",\"description\":\"Conservatism reborn in twisted sisterhood\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/ca04686b93c92257f019070302a23415\",\"name\":\"Eve Tushnet\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be87ff28da150cb07788911c22e42ae2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be87ff28da150cb07788911c22e42ae2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Eve Tushnet\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/author\/evetushnet\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Do We Really Need A New Translation of the \"Confessions\"? Surprisingly, Yes!","description":"I review Thomas Williams's flamboyantly helpful new edition, for the University Bookman: Thomas Williams spends a decent chunk of the introduction to his","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Do We Really Need A New Translation of the \"Confessions\"? Surprisingly, Yes!","og_description":"I review Thomas Williams's flamboyantly helpful new edition, for the University Bookman: Thomas Williams spends a decent chunk of the introduction to his","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html","og_site_name":"Eve Tushnet","article_published_time":"2019-07-15T15:53:49+00:00","author":"Eve Tushnet","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Eve Tushnet","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html","name":"Do We Really Need A New Translation of the \"Confessions\"? Surprisingly, Yes!","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-07-15T15:53:49+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-15T15:53:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/ca04686b93c92257f019070302a23415"},"description":"I review Thomas Williams's flamboyantly helpful new edition, for the University Bookman: Thomas Williams spends a decent chunk of the introduction to his","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2019\/07\/do-we-really-need-a-new-translation-of-the-confessions-surprisingly-yes.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Do We Really Need A New Translation of the “Confessions”? Surprisingly, Yes!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/","name":"Eve Tushnet","description":"Conservatism reborn in twisted sisterhood","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/ca04686b93c92257f019070302a23415","name":"Eve Tushnet","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be87ff28da150cb07788911c22e42ae2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be87ff28da150cb07788911c22e42ae2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Eve Tushnet"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/author\/evetushnet"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1071"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}