Jerome, Greek Scholarship, and the Hebrew Bible

A Study of the Quaestiones Hebraicae in Genesim

von Adam Kamesar

236 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Jerome (c. 345-420) was one of the greatest Bibilical scholars of antiquity. Among his achievements was his Latin translations of the Bible `according to the Hebrew', or iuxta Hebraeos. This translation came to constitute the major part of the Vulgate, the standard Bible of Latin Christendom. The author here considers the origin of this project through an analysis of the Quaestiones Hebraicae in Genesim, a commentary on the book of Genesis published at approximately the same time as the first instalments of the translation. The primary focus of the book is the question of Jerome's dependence on Greek scholarship both before and during his own time.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum Heilige Texte und geheiligte Schriften Bibel Altes Testament
• ISBN: 9780198147275
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.1993
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: OUP Oxford