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date: 23 June 2025

Jerome (c.347–419) Noted translator and Christian writer 

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The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Author(s):
Robert McEachnieRobert McEachnie

who laboured in a *monastery in *Bethlehem to produce, among many other works, a *Latin translation of the Hebrew Bible which became the basis for much of the Vulgate. Aside from his commentaries and translations, he produced other theological works in response to ... ...

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