The New Jerome Biblical Commentary

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THE NEW
JEROME BIBLICAL
COMMENTARY
Love the holy Scriptures, and wisdom will love you. Love
wisdom, and she will keep you safe. Honor wisdom, and
she will embrace you. (St. Jerome, Ep. 130.20; CSEL
56.3.201)
This commentary is named after St. Jerome, the foremost
Scripture scholar among the Church Fathers, a pioneer in
biblical criticism.
Edited by
Raymond E. Brown, S.S.
Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. (emeritus)
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Roland E. Mgrphy, O.Carm. (emeritus)
The Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, NC
With a Foreword by
His Eminence Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, S.J.
THE NEW
JEROME BIBUCAL
COMMENTARY
PRENTICE HALL, Englewood Cliffs, fiew Jersey 07632
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Pub!ication Data
The New Jerome Biblical commentary / edited by Raymond E. Brown,
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, Roland E. Murphy ; with a foreword by Carlo
Maria Cardinal Martini.
p. cm.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-13-614934-0
1. Bible —Commentaries. I. Brown, Raymond Edward. II. Fitzmyer,
Joseph A. HI. Murphy, Roland Edmund [date]
BS491.2.N485 1990
220.7-dcl9 89-31382
CIP
THE NEW JEROME BIBLICAL COMMENTARY Nihil Obstat:
Editors Raymond E. Brown, S.S.
Raymond E. Brown, S.S. Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J.
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. Roland E. Murphy, O.Carm.
Roland E. Murphy, O.Carm. Censores Deputati
Previously published as The Jerome Biblical Commentary Imprimatur:
Reverend William J. Kane
Vicar General for the Archdiocese of Washington
November 15, 1988
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