I just sent the my own advice about the Vulgate edition away, when I
noticed several list members had already replied. Still, I'd like to
emphasize the warning I included in my earlier message:
Make sure you know WHICH Vulgate you need.
Several list members seem to make no distinction between the
Sixto-Clementine version, and the modern critical edition. The
Sixto-Clementine (hereafter S-C) version is fine for evcery-day use, but
one should realize it's a sixteenth-century edition, not a modern critical
edition.
The S-C is, however, largely close to the Bible Parisienne text, which was
edited in early-thirteenth century Paris, and used throughout the later
Middle Ages.
For more critical use, the 1979 edition of the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
is a must. I don't know if they come in large print though.
For scholarly use, one should use the edition by the abbey S. Girolamo in
Rome, who are working on the definitive critical edition of the Vulgate
since 1929. Several volumes, but not all, have appeared so far.
NB Check names and dates in this e-mail. My books are at home, and I'm
writing this in my office. As they say in Frisian:
"De minksen wolle ornaris weze hwer't se net binne"
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Frans van Liere
Department of History
College of Charleston 0 Bee Street
Charleston SC 29424 Charleston SC 29403
tel. (803) 953-1354 (803) 723-4051
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