Prefaces to the Books of Scripture
1. It has long been the practice of learned men to exercise their minds by rendering into Latin the works of Greek writers, and, what is more difficult, to translate the poems of illustrious authors though trammelled by…
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404. The approximate dates of the several books are given before each Preface in the following pages. Preface to Genesis. This Preface was addressed to Desiderius, but which of the three correspondents of Jerome who…
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2. The Four Greater Prophets: Daniel. a.d. 407. Isaiah. a.d. 408–410. Ezekiel. a.d. 410–414. Jeremiah. Commenced after the death of Eustochium in a.d. 418.
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