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Jerome (c. 347–419), one of the West’s four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the church’s foremost translators, commentators and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions and brought them to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. In 405 Jerome completed his...

this verse: “With pain and with the lash you will be disciplined, O Jerusalem.” 6:9: “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘They shall glean thoroughly as a vine the remnant of Israel; like a grape gatherer pass your hand again to your basket.’ ” LXX: “For thus says the Lord of hosts:52 ‘Glean! Glean as a vine the remnant of Israel! Return like a grape gatherer to his basket.’ ” Some take these words in a good sense, others in a bad. In a good sense: “Even though Jerusalem will be laid waste, a remnant
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