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S2 E6 | What Makes a Woman Resilient

Therapy and Theology

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Paula's Role in the History of the Hebrew Language

Paula was an incredibly wealthy Roman woman who was widowed early on and had all this wealth. She actually funded the ministry but she also paid for ancient manuscripts that were crucial for translation. Jerome dedicated his version of the Latin Vulgate of Job, Isaiah for the 2nd Samuel, 2nd Kings to Paula and her daughter. He said he found her an apt people because she could chant the Psalms in Hebrew without a trace of the pronunciation peculiar to Latin.

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