Commentaries on the Twelve Prophets

Jerome (c. 347-419/20), one of the West''s four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the church''s foremost translators, commentators and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions and brought them to bear on his understanding of the Old Testament. Beginning in 379, Jerome use...