The Vulgate Bible: The Minor Prophetical Books and Maccabees: Douay-Rheims Translation

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Angela M. Kinney Swift Edgar

The Vulgate Bible

The Minor Prophetical Books and Maccabees: Douay-Rheims Translation

Angela M. Kinney, Swift Edgar

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
19 November 2012

History; Old Testaments; Latin

Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library

This is the fifth volume of a projected six-volume Vulgate Bible. Compiled and translated in large part by Saint Jerome at the turn of the fifth century ce, the Vulgate Bible permeated the Western Christian tradition through the twentieth century. It influenced literature, art, music, and education, and its contents lay at the heart of Western theological, intellectual, artistic, and political history through the Renaissance. At the end of the sixteenth century, professors at a Catholic college first at Douay, then at Rheims, translated the Vulgate Bible into English to combat the influence of Protestant vernacular Bibles.

Volume V presents the twelve minor prophetical books of the Old Testament, as well as two deuterocanonical books, 1 and 2 Maccabees. While Jewish communities regarded the works of the twelve minor prophets as a single unit (the Dodecapropheton), the Vulgate Bible treats them individually in accordance with Christian tradition. The themes of judgment and redemption featured prominently in the major prophets (Volume IV) are further developed by the minor prophets. The books of 1 and 2 Maccabees conclude the volume. Their doctrinal controversies and highly influential martyrdom narratives anticipate the development of Christian hagiography both as a genre and as a theological vehicle.

Introduction by: Swift Edgar
Edited by: Angela M. Kinney
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9780674066359
ISBN 10: 0674066359
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 19 November 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Angela M. Kinney is a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and research associate at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Swift Edgar is a research assistant at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.