Was ist Zeit? | Buchprofil und Inhaltsübersicht
09/06/2026
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Was ist Zeit? - Buchbeschreibung, Ausstattung und ISBN
Was ist Zeit? ist ein Werk von Augustine of Hippo, das innerhalb der Kategorie Sachbuch eingeordnet wird und bereits durch seine klare thematische Ausrichtung überzeugt. Der Untertitel Confessiones XI = Bekenntnisse 11 (Philosophische Bibliothek) ergänzt den Haupttitel Was ist Zeit? sinnvoll und gibt bereits früh einen konkreten Hinweis auf die inhaltliche Ausrichtung des Buches. Die Kurzbeschreibung von Was ist Zeit? zeigt, welche Inhalte Leserinnen und Leser erwarten dürfen: Garry Wills’s complete translation of Saint Augustine’s spiritual masterpiece—available now for the first time Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustine’s Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book. “[Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.”—Los Angeles Times“[Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages.”—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books“Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand.”—James Wood“A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.”—Chicago Tribune
Einordnung nach Autor, Thema und Ausgabe
Die Ausgabe ist in Deutsch verfügbar und damit gezielt für Leserinnen und Leser mit entsprechender Sprachpräferenz interessant. Auch das Veröffentlichungsdatum 2000 macht Was ist Zeit? für zeitlich eingegrenzte Suchen besonders interessant. Wer Literatur aus dem Bereich Sachbuch sucht, findet in Was ist Zeit? einen gut klassifizierbaren Titel. Was ist Zeit? ist besonders für Leserinnen und Leser interessant, die sich gezielt mit Veröffentlichungen von Augustine of Hippo beschäftigen möchten.
Inhalte, Themen und Relevanz
Wer wissen möchte, worauf Was ist Zeit? inhaltlich abzielt, findet in dieser Zusammenfassung einen ersten Ansatzpunkt: Garry Wills’s complete translation of Saint Augustine’s spiritual masterpiece—available now for the first time Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustine’s Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book. “[Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.”—Los Angeles Times“[Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages.”—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books“Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand.”—James Wood“A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.”—Chicago Tribune Ergänzend helfen die hinterlegten Schlagwörter dabei, Was ist Zeit? thematisch schneller einzuordnen: History, History and criticism, Biography, Religion, Christianity, General, Fiction - General, Catholic Church, Philosophy, Meditations, Catholic authors, Dictionaries, Biography & Autobiography, Theology, Good and evil, French, English language, Faith, Christian biography, Early works to 1800, Philosophie, Truth, Biographies, Nonfiction, Biography / Autobiography, Biographies & autobiographies, Spanish, Spiritual biography, Classic Literature, Korean, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Latin American literature, Latin language materials, Latin literature, translations into english, open_syllabus_project, Bishops, Collected works, Time, Christian saints, Sin, Augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430, Spiritual life, Ouvrages avant 1800, Christian life, Saints, Saints, biography, Classics, Redemption, 11.51 early Christianity, Église catholique, Early church, Asceticism, Religious aspects of Truth, Mass, Algeria, Theology, middle ages, 600-1500, Theology, early works to 1800, Christian literature, Religion & Spirituality, Foi, Mysticisme, Catholic church, clergy, Bekering, Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint), Inspiration, Pastoral literature, Augustine, Africa, biography, Bishop of Hippo, Hippo, Extinct city, Saint Augustine, Religious aspects of Inspiration, Oriya literature, Augustine,, Religion - Classic Works, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, Hippo (Extinct city), Saints chrétiens, Évêques, Confessiones (Augustinus), Augustine , 354-430, Bishopscatholic church, Christian saints--algeria--hippo (extinct city)--biography, Br65 .a6 1992, 242, Br65.a6 e5 1993, Transcendance de Dieu, Louange de Dieu, Développement, Grâce (Théologie), Religion et médecine, Confessions, Early Christian philosophy, History & Surveys - Medieval, RELIGION / Christian Life / Devotional, RELIGION / Devotional, Br65.a6 e5 2006, 270.2092 b, Christian Church, Religious, Catholic church, africa, Catholic church, biography, Catholic church., Br65.a6 e5 2017, Confessiones (Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo), Spiritual Masters, Spiritual Theology, Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Confessions, Theology, early church, ca. 30-600, Christian Theology Der dokumentierte Umfang von 619 Seiten sowie das Format hard geben einen guten ersten Eindruck von der Ausgabe.
Wichtige Kennzeichen dieser Ausgabe
Die Kombination aus ISBN-10 3787315586 und ISBN-13 9783787315581 ermöglicht eine besonders präzise bibliografische Zuordnung. Für weiterführende bibliografische Verknüpfungen sind die Kennungen OL137872W und OL9103166M, OL21527142M, OL19813506M, OL6879976M, OL18803324M, OL19524231M besonders hilfreich.
Die zentralen Metadaten zu Was ist Zeit?
- Autor beziehungsweise Autoren: Augustine of Hippo
- Verlag: F. Meiner
- Ausgabeform: hard
- Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
- Open-Library-Editions-IDs: OL9103166M, OL21527142M, OL19813506M, OL6879976M, OL18803324M, OL19524231M
- Internationale Standardbuchnummer (ISBN-10): 3787315586
- Kurzbeschreibung: Garry Wills’s complete translation of Saint Augustine’s spiritual masterpiece—available now for the first time Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustine’s Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book. “[Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.”—Los Angeles Times“[Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages.”—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books“Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand.”—James Wood“A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.”—Chicago Tribune
- ISBN-13: 9783787315581
- Open-Library-Work-ID: OL137872W
- Ergänzender Titelzusatz: Confessiones XI = Bekenntnisse 11 (Philosophische Bibliothek)
- Seitenzahl: 619
- Verfügbare Sprache dieser Ausgabe: Deutsch
- Thematische Tags: History, History and criticism, Biography, Religion, Christianity, General, Fiction - General, Catholic Church, Philosophy, Meditations, Catholic authors, Dictionaries, Biography & Autobiography, Theology, Good and evil, French, English language, Faith, Christian biography, Early works to 1800, Philosophie, Truth, Biographies, Nonfiction, Biography / Autobiography, Biographies & autobiographies, Spanish, Spiritual biography, Classic Literature, Korean, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Latin American literature, Latin language materials, Latin literature, translations into english, open_syllabus_project, Bishops, Collected works, Time, Christian saints, Sin, Augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430, Spiritual life, Ouvrages avant 1800, Christian life, Saints, Saints, biography, Classics, Redemption, 11.51 early Christianity, Église catholique, Early church, Asceticism, Religious aspects of Truth, Mass, Algeria, Theology, middle ages, 600-1500, Theology, early works to 1800, Christian literature, Religion & Spirituality, Foi, Mysticisme, Catholic church, clergy, Bekering, Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint), Inspiration, Pastoral literature, Augustine, Africa, biography, Bishop of Hippo, Hippo, Extinct city, Saint Augustine, Religious aspects of Inspiration, Oriya literature, Augustine,, Religion - Classic Works, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, Hippo (Extinct city), Saints chrétiens, Évêques, Confessiones (Augustinus), Augustine , 354-430, Bishopscatholic church, Christian saints--algeria--hippo (extinct city)--biography, Br65 .a6 1992, 242, Br65.a6 e5 1993, Transcendance de Dieu, Louange de Dieu, Développement, Grâce (Théologie), Religion et médecine, Confessions, Early Christian philosophy, History & Surveys - Medieval, RELIGION / Christian Life / Devotional, RELIGION / Devotional, Br65.a6 e5 2006, 270.2092 b, Christian Church, Religious, Catholic church, africa, Catholic church, biography, Catholic church., Br65.a6 e5 2017, Confessiones (Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo), Spiritual Masters, Spiritual Theology, Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Confessions, Theology, early church, ca. 30-600, Christian Theology
- Buchtitel: Was ist Zeit?
- Thematische Hauptkategorie: Sachbuch
Warum sich Was ist Zeit? gut einordnen lässt
Die Verbindung aus Was ist Zeit?, Augustine of Hippo, Sachbuch und History, History and criticism, Biography, Religion, Christianity, General, Fiction - General, Catholic Church, Philosophy, Meditations, Catholic authors, Dictionaries, Biography & Autobiography, Theology, Good and evil, French, English language, Faith, Christian biography, Early works to 1800, Philosophie, Truth, Biographies, Nonfiction, Biography / Autobiography, Biographies & autobiographies, Spanish, Spiritual biography, Classic Literature, Korean, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Latin American literature, Latin language materials, Latin literature, translations into english, open_syllabus_project, Bishops, Collected works, Time, Christian saints, Sin, Augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430, Spiritual life, Ouvrages avant 1800, Christian life, Saints, Saints, biography, Classics, Redemption, 11.51 early Christianity, Église catholique, Early church, Asceticism, Religious aspects of Truth, Mass, Algeria, Theology, middle ages, 600-1500, Theology, early works to 1800, Christian literature, Religion & Spirituality, Foi, Mysticisme, Catholic church, clergy, Bekering, Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint), Inspiration, Pastoral literature, Augustine, Africa, biography, Bishop of Hippo, Hippo, Extinct city, Saint Augustine, Religious aspects of Inspiration, Oriya literature, Augustine,, Religion - Classic Works, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, Hippo (Extinct city), Saints chrétiens, Évêques, Confessiones (Augustinus), Augustine , 354-430, Bishopscatholic church, Christian saints--algeria--hippo (extinct city)--biography, Br65 .a6 1992, 242, Br65.a6 e5 1993, Transcendance de Dieu, Louange de Dieu, Développement, Grâce (Théologie), Religion et médecine, Confessions, Early Christian philosophy, History & Surveys - Medieval, RELIGION / Christian Life / Devotional, RELIGION / Devotional, Br65.a6 e5 2006, 270.2092 b, Christian Church, Religious, Catholic church, africa, Catholic church, biography, Catholic church., Br65.a6 e5 2017, Confessiones (Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo), Spiritual Masters, Spiritual Theology, Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Confessions, Theology, early church, ca. 30-600, Christian Theology schafft eine solide Grundlage für eine präzise thematische Suche. Mit ISBN-10, ISBN-13 und Work-ID - 3787315586, 9783787315581 und OL137872W - lässt sich diese Ausgabe plattformübergreifend eindeutig verknüpfen.
Fragen und Antworten rund um diese Ausgabe
Gibt es externe Referenzdaten für das Werk?
Ja, das Werk ist über die Open-Library-Work-ID OL137872W sowie die Editions-IDs OL9103166M, OL21527142M, OL19813506M, OL6879976M, OL18803324M, OL19524231M referenzierbar.
Wie lässt sich das Buch sprachlich und thematisch filtern?
Über die Sprache Deutsch und die Schlagwörter History, History and criticism, Biography, Religion, Christianity, General, Fiction - General, Catholic Church, Philosophy, Meditations, Catholic authors, Dictionaries, Biography & Autobiography, Theology, Good and evil, French, English language, Faith, Christian biography, Early works to 1800, Philosophie, Truth, Biographies, Nonfiction, Biography / Autobiography, Biographies & autobiographies, Spanish, Spiritual biography, Classic Literature, Korean, Medieval and modern Latin literature, Latin American literature, Latin language materials, Latin literature, translations into english, open_syllabus_project, Bishops, Collected works, Time, Christian saints, Sin, Augustine, saint, bishop of hippo, 354-430, Spiritual life, Ouvrages avant 1800, Christian life, Saints, Saints, biography, Classics, Redemption, 11.51 early Christianity, Église catholique, Early church, Asceticism, Religious aspects of Truth, Mass, Algeria, Theology, middle ages, 600-1500, Theology, early works to 1800, Christian literature, Religion & Spirituality, Foi, Mysticisme, Catholic church, clergy, Bekering, Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint), Inspiration, Pastoral literature, Augustine, Africa, biography, Bishop of Hippo, Hippo, Extinct city, Saint Augustine, Religious aspects of Inspiration, Oriya literature, Augustine,, Religion - Classic Works, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, Hippo (Extinct city), Saints chrétiens, Évêques, Confessiones (Augustinus), Augustine , 354-430, Bishopscatholic church, Christian saints--algeria--hippo (extinct city)--biography, Br65 .a6 1992, 242, Br65.a6 e5 1993, Transcendance de Dieu, Louange de Dieu, Développement, Grâce (Théologie), Religion et médecine, Confessions, Early Christian philosophy, History & Surveys - Medieval, RELIGION / Christian Life / Devotional, RELIGION / Devotional, Br65.a6 e5 2006, 270.2092 b, Christian Church, Religious, Catholic church, africa, Catholic church, biography, Catholic church., Br65.a6 e5 2017, Confessiones (Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo), Spiritual Masters, Spiritual Theology, Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Confessions, Theology, early church, ca. 30-600, Christian Theology kann die Ausgabe gezielt in Such- und Katalogsystemen eingegrenzt werden.
Was sagt die Beschreibung über das Buch aus?
Garry Wills’s complete translation of Saint Augustine’s spiritual masterpiece—available now for the first time Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustine’s Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book. “[Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.”—Los Angeles Times“[Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages.”—Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books“Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand.”—James Wood“A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.”—Chicago Tribune
Was verrät der Untertitel über Was ist Zeit??
Mit Confessiones XI = Bekenntnisse 11 (Philosophische Bibliothek) wird deutlich, in welche Richtung das Buch argumentiert oder welche Inhalte besonders hervorgehoben werden.
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