Bernhard Lang, Handbook of the Vulgate Bible and its reception. Vulgata in dialogue. Berlin: The Vulgate Institute, 2023. Pp. 778.Review by
Matthew Kraus, University of Cincinnati. Matthew.kraus@uc.edu“The Handbook of the Vulgate Bible and Its Reception has no model and no predecessor, being the first work of its kind” (p.5), boldly announces Bernhard Lang in the Preface. Loosely structured as a classified and annotated bibliography and including literature reviews, a glossary of biblical Latin, a preliminary linguistic commentary on selected biblical verses, sidebars on discrete topics, and covering the history of the Vulgate from its origins to the present, the work indeed defies conventional classifications. And yet this approach from multiple, discrete angles best serves a text relevant to numerous fields. ...
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