EXEGETICAL EPISTLES, VOLUME 2
Translated by
THOMAS P. SCHECK
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS
Washington, D.C.
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Thanks are due to The Newman Press for permission to reproduce material, in Volume 1 of the present translation (Fathers of the Church 147), from Thomas P. Scheck’s previous translation of St. Jerome’s Epistles 18A/B, which appears in the Appendix of St. Jerome: Commentary on Isaiah, Including St. Jerome’s Translation of Origen’s Homilies 1–9 on Isaiah, Ancient Christian Writers 68 (New York and Mahwah, NJ: The Newman Press, 2015). Although Dr. Scheck has used a different Latin text for his new translation in the present volume, there is a high degree of overlap between the two texts and the two translations. The Newman Press has also kindly granted permission to reproduce, in Volumes 1 and 2 of the present translation (Fathers of the Church 147 and 148), some material from Dr. Scheck’s introduction and endnotes in his previous volume.
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THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH
A NEW TRANSLATION
VOLUME 148
EDITORIAL BOARD
David G. Hunter
Boston College
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Paul M. Blowers
Emmanuel Christian Seminary
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The Catholic University of America
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The Catholic University of America
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University of Colorado
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Church Divinity School of the Pacific
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University of St. Thomas
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University of Divinity (Australia)
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Director, The Catholic University of America Press
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Dedicated in friendship and affection to
Ted Janiszewski of Rochester, New York
Translator’s Foreword and Acknowledgments (Volumes 1 and 2)
EXEGETICAL EPISTLES, VOLUME 2
Epistle 85 to the Priest Paulinus
Epistle 106 to Sunnia and Fretela
Epistle 119 to Minervius and Alexander
Epistle 120 to Hedibia on Twelve Questions
Epistle 121 to Algasia: A Book Covering Eleven Questions
Epistle 129 to Dardanus Concerning the Promised Land
Epistle 140 to Cyprian the Priest (Presbyterum) on Psalm 89 (90)
ACW Ancient Christian Writers
ANF Ante-Nicene Fathers
CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum
CWE Collected Works of Erasmus
DCB Dictionary of Christian Biography, ed. Smith and Wace
EEC Encyclopedia of the Early Church
Ep., Epp. Epistle, Epistles
FOTC The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation
FZPhTh Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie
JTS Journal of Theological Studies
NPNF Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers...
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About Exegetical Epistles, Volume 2This is the second of a two-volume set that includes Thomas Scheck’s new translations of several of St. Jerome’s previously untranslated exegetical letters. Epistle 85 to St. Paulinus of Nola contains Jerome’s answers to two questions: how Exodus 7:13 and Romans 9:16 can be reconciled with free will, and what 1 Corinthians 7:14 means. Epistle 106 to Sunnias and Fretela, which deals with textual criticism of the Septuagint, consists of a meticulous defense of Jerome’s new translation of the Latin Psalter. Epistle 112 is a response to three letters from St. Augustine: Ep. 56 (contained in the previous volume), Ep. 67, and Ep 104. In the face of Augustine’s criticisms, Jerome defends his own endeavor to translate the Old Testament directly from the Hebrew text. He also vindicates his own ecclesiastical interpretation of Galatians 2:4–11, as he had set this forth in his Commentary on Galatians, and along the way he accuses Augustine of advocating the heresy of Judaizing. Epistle 119 to Minervius and Alexander contains Jerome’s answers to some eschatological questions regarding the interpretation of 1 Corinthians 15:51 and 1 Thessalonians 4:17. In Epistle 120 to Hedibia, Jerome tackles twelve exegetical questions that focus on reconciling the discrepant Resurrection accounts in the Gospels, as well as questions about Romans 9:14–29, 2 Corinthians 2:16, and 1 Thessalonians 5:23. In Epistle 121 to Algasia, Jerome clarifies eleven exegetical questions dealing with passages in the Gospels and Paul’s letters (Romans 5:7; 7:7–25; 9:3–5; Colossians 2:18–19; 2 Thessalonians 2:3). This letter also contains an exposition of the parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1–10), in which Jerome translates material from a commentary attributed to Theophilus of Antioch. In Epistle 129 to Dardanus, Jerome interprets “the promised land” and discusses the alleged crimes of the Jews. Epistle 130 to Demetrias is not an exegetical letter but an exhortation to the newly consecrated virgin on how to live out her vocation. In this letter Jerome reflects on Origenism and Pelagianism. Finally, in Epistle 140 to Cyprian the presbyter, Jerome expounds Psalm 90. |
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