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Jan 6, 2019 · The Vulgate, or Latin form of the Bible, was commissioned by the Bishop of Rome during a time when Latin was becoming the official language of the church. Latin translations existed, but they had been translated from the Geek Septuagint instead of earlier Hebrew translations.
Jerome’s Latin Vulgate served as the basis for translations of both the Old and New Testament into Syriac, Arabic, Spanish, and many other languages, including English. The Vulgate provided the basis for the Douai-Reims Bible (New Testament, 1582; Old Testament, 1609–10), which remained the only authorized Bible in English for Roman ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Around 382 AD the Pope commissioned his secretary, Jerome, to produce a new translation in Latin, as the Septuagint-based versions were, shall we say, rather messy. Jerome set about the task with reported trepidation, but also with great seriousness.
Aug 1, 2024 · Early Latin translations appeared by 2nd century CE but lacked consistency. Saint Jerome created a standardized version called the Vulgate around 405 CE. Commissioned by Pope Damasus I, Jerome used original Hebrew texts rather than previous Latin versions.
Jul 8, 2024 · It may surprise you to learn that none of the Bible was written in Latin — despite Judaea being under Roman rule. Though parts of the Bible started being translated into Latin soon after they appeared in Greek, a complete Latin Bible didn’t exist until the early 400s AD, when Jerome completed his Vulgate.
- Jacob Edson
During the 1st century Greek remains the language of the small Christian community, but with the spread of the faith through the Roman empire a Latin version of the Bible texts is needed in western regions. By the second century there is one such version in use in north Africa and another in Italy.
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Apr 7, 2014 · We have a fragmentary manuscript from the 5 th century (Palimpsestus Vindobonensis or La-115) that once provided the complete Latin Books of Samuel and Kings in a translation that was made sometime between 100 and 300 CE. Roughly 11% of the text of Kings has survived to the present day.
