Augustine the Septuagint-onlyist vs Jerome
Working for the Word - a Bible translation podcast
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The Church Wasn't Ready for the Hebrew Scriptures Until the Reformation
jerome's vulgate translation of the bible was a colossal failure in its own time. His translation did not find general acceptance, get this, until the ninth century. The church wasn't ready for the hebrew scriptures until the time of the reformation,. roughly over 11 hundred years after jerome's arduous labor. That may be the longest delay in some one's legacy, in all history.
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