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I don't think that this discussion of Jerome's use of Hebrew has mentioned the following titles: Adam Kamesar, Jerome, Greek scholarship, and the Hebrew Bible : a study of the Quaestiones hebraicae in Genesim, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 94.5.11 by Sheila Colwell ( http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1994/94.05.11.html ) (based on: Studies in Jerome's Quaestiones hebraicae in Genesim : the work as seen in the context of Greek scholarship, Oxford Univ., D.Phil., 1987) and: C.T.R. Hayward, Saint Jerome's Hebrew Questions on Genesis, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995 reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 96.2.12 by Edward J Matthews ( http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1996/96.02.12.html ) Ian Tompkins At 11:06 15/02/00 +0000, you wrote: > > >--- [log in to unmask] wrote: >> In a message dated 02/14/2000 5:07:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, >> [log in to unmask] writes: >> >> << He did not >> use Greek terms; >> >> >> How can you say that when I'm staring at the word paradise which is >> definitely Greek? I hate to be a pest but you are not convincing me. >> >> mark > >There is a considerable Christian Latin vocabulary derived from Greek: >baptizo, Christus, propheta, evangelium, angelus, synagoga, and a >multitude of other words. Classical Latin was quite unable to render >many biblical words, and Jerome used the normal Greek loan-words. That >is a different thing from translating from the Septuagint. That Jerome >translated from the Hebrew is beyond question, and is indicated, for >instance, in the very passage you mention. The Septuagint simply >transliterates the Hebrew name, but Jerome translates it: > >(Genesis 2:8) >Kai efuteusen kurios o Theos paradeison en Edem kata anatolos >[And the Lord God planted a 'paradise' in Eden, on the east] > >plantaverat autem Dominus Deus paradisum volupatis a principio >[And the Lord God had planted a 'paradise of pleasure' from the >beginning]. > >As you see, despite the Greek loan-word, the Vulgate is not a >translation of the Septuagint. > >Oriens. >____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > Ian G Tompkins, MA, BD, DPhil Administrative Assistant Academic Registrar's Office ~~~~~~~~ Warden Neuadd Penbryn - Penbryn Hall ~~~~~~~~ Prifysgol Cymru - The University of Wales Aberystwyth ~~~~~~~~ Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: (01970-62)2047(day); 2900(eve) Web: http://www.aber.ac.uk/~igt %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%