What type of translation is the Vulgate?
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What type of translation is the Vulgate?
Latin Vulgate The Latin translation of the Bible written by St. Jerome, who was asked by Pope Damasus in 382 A.D. to bring order out of the proliferation of Old Latin versions which were in circulation. His translation became the standard Latin version of the Bible for the Western Latin-speaking Church.
Why is the Latin Vulgate important?
The University of Paris produced an important edition in the 13th century. Its primary purpose was to provide an agreed standard for theological teaching and debate. The earliest printed Vulgate Bibles were all based on this Paris edition.
Do Protestants use the Vulgate?
Latin had been the language of the Medieval Church and the preserve of scholars and the clergy, and the Latin Bible, known as the Vulgate, was regarded as the standard. These massive Latin Bibles produced by Protestant scholars have received virtually no attention from scholars.
How many books are in the Latin Vulgate?
76 books
These are the books of the Vulgate along with the names and numbers given them in the Douay–Rheims Bible and King James Bible. There are 76 books in the Clementine edition of the Latin Vulgate, 46 in the Old Testament, 27 in the New Testament, and 3 in the Apocrypha.
Is the Vulgate worth reading?
You’ll also be less concerned with quantity, especially in the versification (e.g. the Psalms). My impression is that Jerome simply translated the Hebrew/Aramaic/whatever directly, with no attempt at reproducing whatever poetic effects exist in the original.
Why do Protestants not use Latin?
The use of Latin in the Western Church continued into the Early modern period. Protestants refrained from using Latin in services, however Protestant clergy had to learn and understand Latin as it was the language of higher learning and theological thought until the 18th century.
Did the Latin Vulgate include the Apocrypha?
Although the New Vulgate contains the deuterocanonical books, it omits the three apocrypha entirely. It thus has a total of only 73 books. The Stuttgart Vulgate adds Psalm 151 and Paul’s Epistle to the Laodiceans to the Apocrypha.
Does the KJV use the Vulgate?
Did the Latin Vulgate have influence on the KJV? Yes. The Geneva Bible was translated only from Hebrew OT and Greek NT in 1560. Queen Elisabeth commissioned the Bishops Bible, completed in 1568, which was a rewriting of the Great Bible of 1539, which was translated from the Latin Vulgate.