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Consoling Heliodorus

Consoling Heliodorus

A Commentary on Jerome Letter 60

by J. H. D. Scourfield
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Publication Date: 10/12/1992

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Jerome (AD c. 347-420) is best remembered as the author of the Vulgate translation of the Bible. But he was also an untiring letter-writer. Among the many letters which have survived are several written to friends who have suffered recent bereavement. In the most impressive of these, Letter 60, Jerome consoles Heliodorus, Bishop of Altinum in north-east Italy, on the early death of his young nephew Nepotianus. The letter is composed from a
thoroughly Christian perspective; but it belongs to a tradition of consolatory literature that reaches far back into the pagan world. In this commentary, Professor Scourfield places the letter in the
context of this consolatory tradition, showing how in the late fourth century a highly literate Christian author could take over pagan ideas and put them to Christian use. The commentary also includes a full discussion of matters of language and style, theology and exegesis, as well as the historical background. There is a freshly revised text, as well as a completely new translation of the Letter.
ISBN:
9780198147220
9780198147220
Category:
Literary studies: classical
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
10-12-1992
Language:
English, Latin
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
282
Dimensions (mm):
223x145x22mm
Weight:
0.5kg

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