The Vulgate New Testament: A Latin Reader (Latin Vulgate Readers) (Latin Edition) - Softcover
Book 1 of 3: Latin Vulgate Readers
Synopsis
This is a Latin reader for the Vulgate New Testament. It is designed as a useful cost-efficient tool for two groups of people. First, for students learning Ecclesiastical Latin after a year’s worth of study this book and its series provide the material to grow in reading ability from the primary texts. Second, this book is designed for pastors, scholars, and curious lay people looking to refresh their Latin, or use them in preparation for their work of study, preaching, and teaching.
The book immerses the reader in the biblical texts in order to build confidence reading Ecclesiastical Latin as quickly as possible. To achieve this, all words have had macrons carefully inserted by the editors and all uncommon words that occur 90 times or fewer in the Vulgate are glossed as footnotes. This enables the reader to continue reading every passage unhindered. Therefore, the book complements traditional language grammars and is especially ideal for beginner and intermediate students learning to read Ecclesiastical Latin. However, even advanced readers will appreciate the glossing of the rare words, since it saves time reading the text.
Other features include:
- Biblical maps in Latin
- Paradigm charts of noun and verbs
- Glossary of all the words not glossed below the text
- Wide margins
The base text is the Clementine Vulgate which was the standard Vulgate from 1592 for 400 years and is an excellent witness for studying the Vulgate as it was received in the Middle Ages and around the time of the Reformation.
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About the Author
Timothy A. Lee (PhD, University of Cambridge) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research focuses on textual criticism of the Greek and Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical interpretation, ancient history, and theology. Some of his work is published in journals such as Revue de Qumran, Textus, the Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies, and Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. He has three previous degrees from the Universities of Oxford and Durham.
Samuel Hendrick Wessels is a PhD student at Macquarie University. His doctoral research focuses on the language of the individual and drawing connections between the Greek Septuagint of Samuel-Kings, other Greek documents, and the wider history of the Greek language. He has published some of this research in Vetus Testamentum. He has taught Latin at the University of Sydney, Macquarie University, and Campion College.
Ryan Kaufman is a Latin teacher at Charlotte Christian School. He holds degrees in Biblical Studies and theology: B.A. Geneva College, Beaver Falls, PA; MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC.
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