01251nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000020002700041041000800068050002600076100002100102245007100123260003900194300003200233505074900265650009101014220922s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780060643331060643331  aeng  aBR1720.J5 b.K44 1975  aKelly, J. N. D.  0aJerome : bhis life, writings, and controversies /cJ. N. D. Kelly  aNew York : bHarper & Row, c1975  axi, 353 p. :bmap ;c24 cm.  aBirth and childhood -- Education at Rome -- Life at Rome -- Trier and Aquileia -- Interlude at Antioch -- The desert : joys and trials -- Antioch again -- At Constantinople -- At the court of Damasus -- Marcella, Paula, Eustochium -- Triumph and disgrace -- To and fro to Bethlehem -- The monasteries at Bethlehem -- Translator and commentator -- From Septuagint to Hebrew verity -- Propagandist history -- Champion of chastity -- Jerome, Rufinus, John -- Letters, threnodies, commentaries -- A fateful translation -- The final break -- Theophilus, Chrysostom, Augustine -- The death of Paula -- Scripture, polemics, exegesis -- Gathering gloom -- The last controversy -- The curtain falls -- Epilogue -- Appendix : the date of Jerome's birth.   aJerome, Saint, -419 or 420.Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius.Christian saints Biography.