Jerome

Category
People (Religion)
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347
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420
Region
Europe
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"Jerome (... ) was a priest, confessor, theologian, and historian. He was born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin (the translation that became known as the Vulgate), and his commentaries on the Gospels." [Wikipedia] "Jerome, one of the most learned men of his day, was born in Strido, Dalmatia (present-day Croatia) in about 342 CE. He studied in Rome under the leading grammarian, Donatus. He spent some time living as a desert hermit in Syria, where he learned Hebrew from a Jewish rabbi, then went on to study under the great theologian, Gregory of Nazianzus, in Cappadocia (Turkey). Jerome, fluent in Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic, was given the task of producing a reliable, consistent, Latin translation of the Bible. His so-called Vulgate version (a reference to its being in the common tongue), was completed in about 404. He revised and corrected Old Latin and Greek versions of many of the Scriptures, and made some independent translations from the Hebrew. His work on the Old Testament alone took him 15 years to complete." [DK Timelines, p. 101]