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Jerome (c. 347–419/20), 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 this expertise to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. Beginning in 379,...

Translated by Jason Soenksen and Thomas P. Scheck, Annotated by Thomas P. Scheck The prophet Amos, who follows Joel and is the third of the Twelve Prophets, is not the same person whom we read was the father of the prophet Isaiah.1 For the latter, which is translated “strong” and “robust,” is written with an aleph as the first letter and with a tsade as the last letter. But the former begins with an ayin and ends with a samek and is translated
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