Jerome of Stridon
His Life, Writings and Legacy
1st Edition
Published on 28. June 2009
Book
Hardback
298 pages
978-0-7546-6407-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book assembles eighteen studies by internationally renowned scholars that epitomize the latest and best advances in research on the greatest polymath in Latin Christian antiquity, Jerome of Stridon (c.346-420) traditionally known as "Saint Jerome." It is divided into three sections which explore topics such as the underlying motivations behind Jerome's work as a hagiographer, letter-writer, theological controversialist, translator and exegete of the Bible, his linguistic competence in Greek, Hebrew, and Syriac, his relations to contemporary Jews and Judaism as well as to the Greek and Latin patristic traditions, and his reception in both the East and West in late antiquity down through the Protestant Reformation. Familiar debates are re-opened, hitherto uncharted terrain is explored, and problems old and new are posed and solved with the use of innovative methodologies. This monumental volume is an indispensable resource not only for specialists on Jerome but also for students and scholars who cultivate interests broadly in the history, religion, society, and literature of the late antique Christian world.
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'... the latest in an ongoing tradition of conference proceedings on Jerome; it forms an admirably compelling addition to this tradition and will doubtless exert a strong influence over subsequent work.' Journal of Theological StudiesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
614 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-6407-9 (9780754664079)
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Persons
Andrew Cain is Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Colorado, USA. Josef LA?ssl is Reader in Patristics and Late Antiquity, and Director, Centre for Late Antique Religion and Culture, School of Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University, UK.
Content
Introduction; I: Hagiography, Letters, Heresy, and the Man; 1: Inventing an Ascetic Hero: Jerome's Life of Paul the First Hermit; 2: Sur Trois Lettres Meconnues de Jerome Concernant Son Sejour a Rome (382-385) 1; 3: Tertullian in Jerome's Consolation to Heliodorus (Ep. 60); 4: Rethinking Jerome's Portraits of Holy Women; 5: Le Dialogus Attici et Critobuli de Jerome et la Predication Pelagienne en Palestine entre 411 et 415; 6: Jerome on Jeremiah: Exegesis and Recovery; II: The Science of Scripture: Philology, Exegesis, and Translation; 7: Jerome, Tobit, Alms, and the Vita Aeterna 1; 8: La Figure des Deux Larrons chez Jerome; 9: The Rabbinic Vulgate?; 10: How Should We Measure Jerome's Hebrew Competence?; 11: Jerome Keeping Silent: Origen and his Exegesis of Isaiah; 12: L'In Zachariam de Jerome et la Tradition Alexandrine; 13: The Significance of Jerome's Commentary on Galatians in his Exegetical Production; III: Reception: Fifth through Sixteenth Centuries; 14: The Raven Replies: Ambrose's Letter to the Church at Vercelli (Ep.ex.coll. 14) and the Criticisms of Jerome; 15: The Use and Misuse of Jerome in Gaul during Late Antiquity; 16: Vir Quadrilinguis? Syriac in Jerome and Jerome in Syriac; 17: Jerome and the Jeromanesque; 18: Martin Luther's Jerome: New Evidence for a Changing Attitude