St Augustine and the Devil’s ‘Mousetrap’

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" St Augustine and the Devil’s ‘Mousetrap’ "
David Scott-Macnab

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1085368
Doc. No	:	LA128997
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700720-12341190‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	David Scott-Macnab
Title & Author	:	St Augustine and the Devil’s ‘Mousetrap’ [Article]\ David Scott-Macnab
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Vigiliae Christianae
Date	:	2014
Volume/ Issue Number	:	68/4
Page No	:	409–415
Abstract	:	Modern scholars and translators have in recent years increasingly emphasised the etymological sense of the word muscipula, particularly in the phrase muscipula diaboli, as used by St Augustine and other early Patristic writers. I consider the evidence from a range of Augustine’s writings, and from within the Vetus Latina scriptures themselves, to question whether translating muscipula as ‘mousetrap’ best serves our understanding of Augustine’s intended meaning. Modern scholars and translators have in recent years increasingly emphasised the etymological sense of the word muscipula, particularly in the phrase muscipula diaboli, as used by St Augustine and other early Patristic writers. I consider the evidence from a range of Augustine’s writings, and from within the Vetus Latina scriptures themselves, to question whether translating muscipula as ‘mousetrap’ best serves our understanding of Augustine’s intended meaning.
Descriptor	:	Augustine
Descriptor	:	muscipula
Descriptor	:	Vetus Latina
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700720-12341190‬