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Latin Vulgate Bible

Type Object Region Western Europe Time c. 382–500

The Latin Bible translation completed by Jerome from 382 CE under papal auspices, revising the Old Testament from Hebrew and Greek originals and unif…

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  1. c. 382–390Rome · LazioPope Damasus commissioned Jerome to revise the Old Latin Gospel translations based on the Greek text, unifying the liturgical scriptures of the Western Church and inaugurating the Vulgate project.
  2. c. 390–405Bethlehem · PalestineAt the Monastery of Bethlehem, Jerome translated the books of the Old Testament from the Hebrew Masoretic Text, replacing the Latin tradition derived from the Greek Septuagint then in wide circulation, provoking scholarly controversy and textual innovation.
  3. c. 405–500Gaul · GaulIn the 5th century, monastic and cathedral scriptoria widely copied the books of the Vulgate. Coexisting with the Old Latin versions, it gradually gained liturgical and scholarly dominance, laying the foundation of the medieval Latin biblical tradition.

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