Jerome -Translation of the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and Esther according to the Hebrew
| Document: | Translation of the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and Esther according to the Hebrew |
| Incipit: | Preface to Pentateuch: Desiderii mei Preface to Joshua-Ruth: Tandem finita Pentateucho Preface to Ester: Librum Hester variis |
| Addressee: | Pentateuch: Desiderius Judges-Ruth: Eustochium Esther: Paula and Eustochium |
| Date: | completed 404-406 |
| Latin Text: | R. Weber and B. Gryson, eds., Biblia sacra: iuxta Vulgatam versionem (Stuttgart 1994). [text provided by Douay-Rheims Bible Online] |
| English Translation (Preface Only): | Preface to Pentateuch translated by K.P. Edgecomb: here. Preface to Pentateuch translated by S. Rebenich, pp. 101-104. Preface to Pentateuch summarized in W.H. Fremantle, “Preface to Genesis” in NPNF2, vol. 6 (New York, 1893), pp. 488-89. Preface to Joshua-Ruth translated by K.P. Edgecomb: here. Preface to Joshua-Ruth summarized in W.H. Fremantle, “Preface to Joshua, Judges, Ruth” in NPNF2, vol. 6 (New York, 1893), p. 489. Preface to Esther translated by K.P. Edgecomb: here Preface to Esther summarized in W.H. Fremantle, “Preface to Esther” in NPNF2, vol. 6 (New York, 1893), p. 491. |
| Notes: | This was eventually incorporated into the Vulgate. Jerome, Notes on the Additions to Esther by K.P. Edgecomb |
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