Jerome

Translator of the Latin Vulgate and prolific biblical scholar.

Writings

English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.

• Against Jovinianus Older English 4.7 h read
• Against the Pelagians Older English 2.4 h read
• Against Vigilantius Older English 29 min read
• Biblical Prefaces Older English 81 min read
• Chronicle Older English 2.5 h read
• Commentary on Ecclesiastes Older English 3.6 h read
• Commentary on Jonah Older English 84 min read
• Homilies on Psalms Older English 12.8 h read
• Letters (part 1 of 3) Older English 10.9 h read
• Letters (part 2 of 3) Older English 10.4 h read
• Letters (part 3 of 3) Older English 4.8 h read
• Lives of Illustrious Men Older English 76 min read
• Prefaces On The Commentaries Older English 29 min read
• Prefaces On Translations from the Septuagint and Chaldee Older English 4 min read
• Prefaces to Jerome's Early Works Older English 16 min read
• Prefaces to the Books of the Vulgate Version of the Old Testament Older English 21 min read
• Prefaces to the Vulgate Version of the New Testament Older English 4 min read
• The Dialogue Against the Luciferians Older English 62 min read
• The Life of Malchus Older English 15 min read
• The Life of Paulus the First Hermit Older English 18 min read
• The Life of S. Hilarion Older English 52 min read
• The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary Older English 49 min read
• To Pammachius Against John of Jerusalem Older English 1.7 h read
• Genesis Older English 4 min read
• Joshua Older English 3 min read
• The "Helmeted" introduction to Kings Older English 6 min read
• Chronicles Older English 3 min read
• Ezra Older English 4 min read
• Ezra. (Tr. Mark DelCogliano) Older English 7 min read
• Tobit Older English 1 min read
• Judith Older English 1 min read
• Judith (Tr. Andrew S. Jacobs) Older English 3 min read
• Esther Older English 1 min read
• Jerome's notes to the additions to Esther Older English 3 min read
• Job Older English 4 min read
• Psalms (LXX) Older English 1 min read
• Psalms (Hebrew) Older English 3 min read
• The books of Solomon Older English 2 min read
• Isaiah Older English 3 min read
• Jeremiah Older English 1 min read
• Ezekiel Older English 1 min read
• Daniel Older English 5 min read
• Twelve minor prophets Older English 1 min read
• Gospels Older English 5 min read

Original-language texts

The Latin and Greek texts as edited and digitised by the Open Greek and Latin project (CC BY-SA 4.0): one column, with the standard references, and plain-text and TEI XML downloads for scholars. They have been corrected from print by machine and may still contain errors.

• Epistulae (Latin, part 1 of 3) Latin 9.0 h read
• Epistulae (Latin, part 2 of 3) Latin 9.1 h read
• Epistulae (Latin, part 3 of 3) Latin 3.9 h read
• In Hieremiam Prophetam Libri Sex (Latin) Latin 6.4 h read