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Consoling Heliodorus - A Commentary on Jerome Letter 60 (Hardcover, New)
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Consoling Heliodorus - A Commentary on Jerome Letter 60 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
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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.
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