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Vulgate

[vuhl-geyt, -git] / ˈvʌl geɪt, -gɪt /


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In 410 the monk Jerome produced a version of the Christian Bible in Latin, the Vulgate, which was to be the main edition in Europe until the sixteenth century.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

In his version, the Vulgate, Jerome translated Keren, the Hebrew word for "ray, horn" as "cornuta," Latin for "horns."

From Time Magazine Archive

For Ronald, youngest and most celebrated of the four, it meant translating a Roman Catholic English Bible�Old and New Testaments�from the Latin Vulgate.

From Time Magazine Archive

By publishing the original Greek, the various early Latin translations, the St. Jerome Vulgate and thousands of footnotes, the work spreads 20 pages of Genesis to 600.

From Time Magazine Archive

This complete version gradually superseded all others for the whole Latin-reading Church, being known as the "Vulgate," that is, the version commonly accepted.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin




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