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98121106 Cathy 98121143 Tina 98121132 Liya 98121154 Cathy 98121148 Lauren

98121106 Cathy 98121143 Tina 98121132 Liya 98121154 Cathy 98121148 Lauren. Definition of the Vulgate St. Jerome and the Vulgate The role of the Vulgate The importance of the Vulgate. Latin version of the Bible Created mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4 th century A.D.

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  1. 98121106 Cathy 98121143 Tina 98121132 Liya 98121154 Cathy 98121148 Lauren

  2. Definition of the Vulgate • St. Jerome and the Vulgate • The role of the Vulgate • The importance of the Vulgate

  3. Latin version of the Bible • Created mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century A.D. • Used as the official version of the Roman Catholic Church.

  4. A lead biblical and triligual scholar • Commissioned by Pope Damasus I in 383 to make a revision of the Old Latin translations.

  5. The need for a standard and uniform • To spread Christianity OT→Hebrew to Greek(Septuagint) NT→written in Greek

  6. In 383-84, Jerome first revised the Old Latin Gospels, using the Septuagint and Origen's Hexapla • In 390–405, Jerome made a new version of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew. • Replace the Old Latin version

  7. Jerome’s translation of the Old Testament came from the Hebrew, and the New Testament from Greek Texts. • The Vulgate is usually credited as being the first translation of the Old Testament into Latin directly from the Hebrew Tanakh.

  8. The Role of Vulgate divided by Time

  9. Vernacular translations • of Bibles from Jews • ↓ • Roman Empire • Some Jews • translated Hebrew Bible into Latin

  10. vernacular translations : the Aramaic Targum and Greek Septuagint ↓ Vetus Latina (old version) ↓ 400 ca - 1550 ca Middle Age: Latin Vulgate Dominance of the western Christianity ↓ The beginnings of the English Bible

  11. Vetus Latina (Old Version) • ↓ • the Vulgate 1) Single stylistically consistent Latin text 2) the official Bible of the Roman Catholic Church ↓ the Vetus Latina gradually fell out of use Influence of the Vulgate since its born

  12. Influence for later time the Vulgate ↓ the source text used for translations of vernacular languages

  13. Many Latin words were taken from the Vulgate into English nearly unchanged in meaning or spelling e.g. "publican" comes from the Latin publicanus (e.g., Mt 10:3)

  14. 1) Prayer 2) liturgy(禮拜儀式) 3) private study 4) inspiration for ecclesiastical art and architecture 5) hymns 6) countless paintings 7) popular mystery plays.

  15. the definitive edition of the most influential text in Western European society.

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