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To: SpirituTuo; ealgeone
>>It was renowned linguist, St. Jerome (347-420 AD), who translated the books of the Bible into a single language, Latin.<<

Which has been proven over and over again not to be true to the original language.

368 posted on 12/15/2014 7:37:36 AM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear

please post just ONE example of how Jerome’s translation was not true to the ORIGINAL Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin or ancient Greek text.

and please post your source for the original text so we know the provenance

AMDG


372 posted on 12/15/2014 7:40:45 AM PST by LurkingSince'98 (Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam = FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD)
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To: CynicalBear

You don’t seem to understand. Jerome took the different texts, in different languages, and put them in one language, Latin, which was the accepted scholarly language of the time. Jerome was known to have an incredible grasp of Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, as well as other languages of the time (which we consider ancient).

Further, as the Church continued to translate the Bible into different languages, not only was the Jerusalem Bible used, but also the original language texts.

No one claims the Bible was written in Latin. Nor does anyone claim the original languages aren’t or haven’t been used since Jerome.

Rather, Jerome’s translation was so good, that scholars today use it when studying the Bible, in addition to original language texts.


383 posted on 12/15/2014 7:50:35 AM PST by SpirituTuo
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