The Latin Nevi'im I: Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, is the second in a six-volume translation of St. Jerome's Latin Old Testament. In this volume, each verse of the Latin original is followed by its English translation. Nevi'im is a Hebrew word meaning "prophets." Two types of prophetic writings are found in Hebrew scripture. The first type, including the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, are written about prophets, as accounts of their words and deeds. The second type, found in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and The Twelve, or the so-called Minor Prophets, are largely the writings and sayings of the prophets themselves. These books will be released as The Latin Nevi'im II, the third volume in the series. These ancient books were originally written in Hebrew, the language of biblical Israel. They were first translated from Hebrew into Greek in the 3rd Century B.C. Saint Jerome crafted his exhaustive translation of them into Latin in the late 4th and early 5th Centuries of the Common Era (CE). The other volumes in The Latin Old Testament project include: The Latin Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, published in 2010 and 2011; The Latin Nevi'im II: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, The Twelve, to be published in 2012; The Latin Kethuvim I: Ruth, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Lamentations, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, to be published in 2013; and The Latin Kethuvim II, published as The Way of Wisdom: Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, in 2008; and The Audacity of Prayer: a Fresh Translation of the Book of Psalms, published in 2009. |
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| The Latin Nevi'im I: Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings |
| Volume I The Latin Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy |
| The Latin Kethuvim II published as The Way of Wisdom: Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon and The Audacity of Prayer: A Fresh Translation of the Book of Psalms |
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