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R.E. CLEMENTS, Wisdom in Theology, The Paternoster Press, Carlisle/William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1992, 188 pp., paperback $ 16.99. ISBN Paternoster 0 85364 526 4; Eerdmans 0 8028 0576 0

R.E. CLEMENTS, Wisdom in Theology, The Paternoster Press, Carlisle/William B. Eerdmans Publishing... 346 The work concludes (p. 195-201 ) with a brief analysis of Jerome as a biblical scholar and an assessment of his contribution to the history of exegesis. The "Bibliography" (p. 203-221) and the "Index of Biblical References" (p. 223-229) complete this book. This small book deserves the highest recognition. It is written very clearly, and as far as I can see, it is the first comprehensive study of Jerome as an exegete. Other major works on this subject confined themselves to parts of Jerome's work: A. Penna, Principe e carattere dell'esegesi di S. Girolamo, Rome 1950 and P. Jay, L'exégèse de saint Jérôme d'apris son Com- mentaire sur Isaie, Paris 1985). Only some minor remarks can be made. In the first chapter B. enumerates three Jewish corpora that could have influenced the work of Jerome (rabbinic literature; literature of Qumran; Hellenistic Jewish literature). It is incomprehensible that B. does not examine the vast corpus of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. Once can point at many exegetical traditions and techniques in this literature which have surely influenced several Fathers. Moreover, it remains unclear what the influ- ence of Qumran on Jerome could have been. It is well known that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of Judaism Brill

R.E. CLEMENTS, Wisdom in Theology, The Paternoster Press, Carlisle/William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1992, 188 pp., paperback $ 16.99. ISBN Paternoster 0 85364 526 4; Eerdmans 0 8028 0576 0

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Journal for the Study of Judaism , Volume 26 (3): 346 – Jan 1, 1995
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346 The work concludes (p. 195-201 ) with a brief analysis of Jerome as a biblical scholar and an assessment of his contribution to the history of exegesis. The "Bibliography" (p. 203-221) and the "Index of Biblical References" (p. 223-229) complete this book. This small book deserves the highest recognition. It is written very clearly, and as far as I can see, it is the first comprehensive study of Jerome as an exegete. Other major works on this subject confined themselves to parts of Jerome's work: A. Penna, Principe e carattere dell'esegesi di S. Girolamo, Rome 1950 and P. Jay, L'exégèse de saint Jérôme d'apris son Com- mentaire sur Isaie, Paris 1985). Only some minor remarks can be made. In the first chapter B. enumerates three Jewish corpora that could have influenced the work of Jerome (rabbinic literature; literature of Qumran; Hellenistic Jewish literature). It is incomprehensible that B. does not examine the vast corpus of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. Once can point at many exegetical traditions and techniques in this literature which have surely influenced several Fathers. Moreover, it remains unclear what the influ- ence of Qumran on Jerome could have been. It is well known that

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