Jerome – The Interpretation of Hebrew Names
| Document: | The Interpretation of Hebrew Names |
| Latin name: | Liber interpretationis Hebraicorum nominum or Liber de nominibus Hebraicis |
| Reference: | CPL 581 |
| Incipit: | Philo vir disertissimus |
| Date: | c. 389/391 (Kelly p. 153) |
| Earliest ms.: | Paris, France: Bibliotheque Nationale, Lat. 13348 8th century. (Lambert, II: p. 28) |
| Latin Text: | P. de Lagarde, G. Morin, M. Adriaen (eds.) . Hieronymus: Hebraicae quaestiones in libro Geneseos. Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum. …. CChr.SL 72 (Turnholti : Brepols, 1959)Migne, Liber de Nominibus Hebraicis, PL vol. 23, coll. 771-858. |
| English Translation: | Preface translated by W.H. Fremantle, “Preface to the Book of Hebrew Names” in NPNF2, vol. 6 (New York, 1893), p. 485. |
| Notes: | This book was apparently an improvement upon a third-century word list, now lost (Kelly, p. 154). It explains etymologies of Hebrew names used in the Bible. Additional information about this work is found in a detailed description of a 13th century English manuscript containing the work: Liber interpretationis hebraicorum nominum. |
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