Jerome’s Sources in His Translation of the Hebrew Bible

At the close of the fourth century CE, Jerome of Stridon—renowned Latin scholar, theologian, and priest—undertook the monumental task of translating the Hebrew-Aramaic Bible into Latin. The result of this effort, now known as the Vulgate, has long been regarded as a foundational text of Western Chri...

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Autor principal: Paul Rodrigue
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