St. Jerome and His Work in Serbian Theological-Historical Literature in the Second Half of the 20th and Early 21st Century

Abstract

The study is a review of investigations of Serbian historians and theologians about St. Jerome and aims to show interest in exploring the life and works of Jerome of Stridon in the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. The study aims to show what researchers in Serbia have written about Jerome of Stridon, or how many were interested to interpret his life and works. The leading hypothesis of this study is whether St. Jerome is, in the writings of Serbian theologians and historians, isolated from the historical context in which he lived and worked. A special part of the study is devoted to translations of Jerome's writings in Serbian language, in order to show whether these translations evolve independently and from the original, or the writings are translated from some other early translations into world languages. The conclusion of the work is to be linked to the reception of the life and work of St. Jerome in Serbian theological science in the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century.

Keywords

• st. jerome
• de viris illustribus
• patrology
• biblical studies
• exegesis
• translations