09-13-2008, 04:36 AM
Shlama Kulkhon:
It's probable that Jerome was deeply influenced by the Aramaic Peshitta as well as the Hebrew TN"K when he translated the Latin Vulgate. I think it very interesting that the Catholic Church used his Vulgate, and still do to this day.
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The Douay-Rheims Bible, also known as the Rheims-Douai Bible or Douai Bible and abbreviated as D-R, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. The New Testament was published in one volume with extensive commentary and notes in 1582. The Old Testament followed in 1609???10 in two volumes, also extensively annotated. The notes took up the bulk of the volumes and had a strong polemical and patristic character. They also offered insights on issues of translation, and on the Hebrew and Greek source texts of the Vulgate. The purpose of the version, both the text and notes, was to uphold Catholic tradition in the face of the Protestant Reformation which was heavily influencing England. As such it was an impressive effort by English Catholics to support the Counter-Reformation.
The Douay-Rheims Bible is a translation of the Latin Vulgate, which is itself a translation from Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts. The Vulgate was largely created due to the efforts of Saint Jerome (345-420), whose translation was declared to be the authentic Latin version of the Bible by the Council of Trent.
Apart from any negative rhetoric, m'-thinks it a fascinating thought that from the time of the Counsel of Trent till this day, the Greek New Testament has been solidly propagated by Protestant Christianity while unwittingly, the Catholic Church has an unbroken tradition of reading from Jerome's Latin translation of the Peshitta New Testament and the T"NK.
Shlama,
Stephen
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It's probable that Jerome was deeply influenced by the Aramaic Peshitta as well as the Hebrew TN"K when he translated the Latin Vulgate. I think it very interesting that the Catholic Church used his Vulgate, and still do to this day.
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The Douay-Rheims Bible, also known as the Rheims-Douai Bible or Douai Bible and abbreviated as D-R, is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English. The New Testament was published in one volume with extensive commentary and notes in 1582. The Old Testament followed in 1609???10 in two volumes, also extensively annotated. The notes took up the bulk of the volumes and had a strong polemical and patristic character. They also offered insights on issues of translation, and on the Hebrew and Greek source texts of the Vulgate. The purpose of the version, both the text and notes, was to uphold Catholic tradition in the face of the Protestant Reformation which was heavily influencing England. As such it was an impressive effort by English Catholics to support the Counter-Reformation.
The Douay-Rheims Bible is a translation of the Latin Vulgate, which is itself a translation from Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts. The Vulgate was largely created due to the efforts of Saint Jerome (345-420), whose translation was declared to be the authentic Latin version of the Bible by the Council of Trent.
Apart from any negative rhetoric, m'-thinks it a fascinating thought that from the time of the Counsel of Trent till this day, the Greek New Testament has been solidly propagated by Protestant Christianity while unwittingly, the Catholic Church has an unbroken tradition of reading from Jerome's Latin translation of the Peshitta New Testament and the T"NK.
Shlama,
Stephen
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