Commentary on Matthew

Saint Jerome

CUA Press, 2008 - Religion - 347 pages

In this commentary, Jerome calls attention to the activity of the Trinity as a principal unifying theme of the Gospel of Matthew.

Contents

• Introduction: 3
• 2 Jeromes Life and Works: 5
• 3 The Origenist Controversies: 13
• 4 Jeromes Commentary on Matthew: 15
• Origen: 19
• 6 Jeromes Exegetical Method: 24
• 7 Themes of Jeromes Commentary on Matthew: 30
• 8 Influence and Printed Editions: 46
• COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW: 49
• Preface: 51
• Book One Matthew 111042: 59
• Book Two Matthew 1121612: 128
• Book Three Matthew 16132240: 189
• Book Four Matthew 22412820: 257
• INDICES: 329
• General Index: 331
• Index of Holy Scripture: 337
• Index of Greek Words Cited: 347

About the author

Jerome was the greatest scholar of the ancient church. Most of his mature life was spent in study in various parts of the Eastern Mediterranean. In approximately 372, he set out for the East and stayed in Antioch for a short period, eventually settling as a hermit in the Syrian desert for four or five years. He then spent some time in Constantinople and in 382 returned to Rome, where he became secretary to Pope Damasus. During his brief residence in Rome, he began his revision of the Bible into Latin translated from the original languages. The culmination of his work, which took over two decades, was known as the Vulgate, a Latin translation of the Bible. He returned to the East in 385 and eventually settled in Bethlehem, where he ruled a newly founded monastery and devoted the rest of his life to study and writing. In addition to the Vulgate, his writings include biblical commentaries and treatises concerning linguistic and topographical material written in order to help in the interpretation of Scripture.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Commentary on Matthew; Volume 117 of Fathers of the church; Volume 117 of The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation
• Author: Saint Jerome
• Translated by: Thomas P. Scheck
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: CUA Press, 2008
• ISBN: 0813201179, 9780813201177
• Length: 347 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General; Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts; Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General; Religion / Christian Theology / Soteriology