JEROME, SAINT

JEROME, SAINT
(342-420)
   BIBLICAL scholar who translated the HEBREW BIBLE and NEW TESTAMENT into the common language of his day which was Latin. He wrote commentaries on virtually all the books of the BIBLE and through his great scholarship, made a tremendous impact on the development of Western CHRISTIANITY.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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