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Augustine, the Psalms, and the Meaning of the Bible
One of my articles just got published: “A Trinitarian Ascent: How Augustine’s Sermons on the Psalms of Ascent Transform the Ascent Tradition.” It’s available online for free here.
My article is about Augustine’s sermons on the Psalms of ascent and how his Trinitarian theology transforms the Platonist version of the spiritual ascent tradition. You could read it or skim a few paragraphs if you’re interested. I’m not planning to elaborate much here. Instead, here’s a thesis that’s not in my article; but it’s an idea I’m toying with that would make a great article if it’s correct:
Augustine’s preaching here, and a lot of his other writings, is magnificent philosophy. It’s even good theology in a sense–philosophical theology, that is. But it’s pretty lousy biblical theology.