Jerome – Commentary on Nahum
Document: | Commentary on Nahum |
Reference: | CPL 589 |
Addressees: | Paula and Eustochius |
Date: | c. 390- 406 (Kelly p. 163, 220, 290) |
Earliest ms.: | Paris, France: Bibliotheque Nationale, Lat. 10600. 8-9th c). (Lambert, II: p. 177) |
Latin Text: | Adriaen, ed., Hieronymus: Commentarii in prophetas minores, CChr.SL 76 and 76A (Turnhout, 1969 and 1964) Migne, ed., Libri Commentariorum, PL vol. 25, coll. 1231-1272D. |
English Translation: | W.H. Fremantle gives summaries of the prefaces in “Prefaces to the Commentaries on the Minor Prophets” in NPNF2, vol. 6 (New York, 1893), pp. 501-02. |
Notes: | Though these commentaries eventually circulated as a unit, they were composed separately. They were produced in a somewhat haphazard order, because they were written at the behest of friends, and shorter books were sometimes undertaken when he had little time for writing (Kelly, p. 163). |
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