The Catholic Historical Review, October 1st, 2003
Ancient Jerome. By Stefan Rebenich. [The Early Church Fathers. ] (London and New York: Routledge. 2002. Pp.xi, 211. $14.95 paperback.)
This is a splendid book, which admirably meets its series' goal by being at once scholarly and popular (the epigraph to chap. 5 is Lennon and McCartney's "Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away"). As might be expected from an ancient historian of Rebenich's bent and caliber, the work offers a significant reassessment of Jerome by placing a refreshingly novel emphasis on his social context. The book falls into three parts: Introduction, Translations, Bib...
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