Prefaces to the Books of the Vulgate Version of…
Prefaces to the Books of the Vulgate Version of the Old Testament.
The Books of Samuel and Kings.
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs.
Isaiah.
Addressed to Paula and Eustochium, about a.d. 393. This Preface speaks of Isaiah as using the polished diction natural to a man of rank and refinement, as an Evangelist more than a prophet, and a poet rather than a prose writer. He then reiterates his defence of his translation, saying that now, “The Jews can no longer scoff at our Churches because of the falsity of our Scriptures.”