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In the writings gathered here, Augustine clarifies difficult passages in the Old Testament, from the building of Noah’s ark to the struggles of Job, and addresses common questions from the members of his congregation. Each work is introduced and annotated by modern scholars who provide context for Augustine’s life and thought at the time of his writing.

72. And all the people saw the voice and the lamps and the sound of the trumpet and the smoking mountain (Ex 20:18). It is usual to ask how the people saw the voice, since voice seems to pertain not to sight but rather to hearing. But, just as I have now used “seems” about all the things that are mentioned by me, so “to see”97 is customarily used for a general sensing having to do not only with the body but also with the mind. Thus this example, too, When Jacob saw that there was food in Egypt (Gn
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