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The Vulgate Bible
Angela M. Kinney
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Description for The Vulgate Bible
Hardcover. Volume IV presents writings attributed to the "major" prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. Dire prophecies of God's impending judgment are punctuated by portentous visions. Profound grief is accompanied by the promise of mercy and redemption, a promise illustrated best by Isaiah's visions of a new heaven and a new earth. Editor(s): Kinney, Angela M. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 1168 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1272.
This is the fourth 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. ... Read more
This is the fourth 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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Condition
New
Weight
1272g
Number of Pages
1168
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674996694
SKU
V9780674996694
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About Angela M. Kinney
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.
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