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Biblia Sacra Vulgata
by
St. Jerome,
R. Gryson
This is Jerome's translation of the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures into Latin. It was recognized as authoritative during the Council of Trent (1546). It includes a Latin introduction, and expanded Apocrypha: Psalm 151, Epistle to the Laodiceans, 3 & 4 Esdras, and the Prayer of Manasses. Hendrickson Publishers distributing for German Bible Society.
Hardcover, 1980 pages
Published
August 28th 2006
by Hendrickson Publishers
(first published August 2006)
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The literary and theological advantages to reading the "good book" in its original Ecclesiastical Latin are far too numerous to list here. But having devoted two years of my life to reading the Vulgate straight through, Genesis to Revelation, has given me far more insight and depth of study than reading the verenacular versions ever could. There are no idioms or figures of speech through which to navigate, no protestant or evangelical spin (such as removing books they don't like) to ci...more
Amazingly readable--I speak very little Latin, but can understand the vast majority of what I read (I think).
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St. Jerome (c. 347 – 30 September 420) (formerly Saint Hierom) (Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Greek: Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος) was a Roman Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, and who became a Doctor of the Church. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of Stridon, which was on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of the Bible in...more
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