Medievalists.net » The Vulgate http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Vulgate Genesis and St. Jerome’s Attitudes to Women http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/22/the-vulgate-genesis-and-st-jeromes-attitudes-to-women/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/22/the-vulgate-genesis-and-st-jeromes-attitudes-to-women/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:27:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30395 It is Jerome's hostility to women (and his suspicion and fear of them) that is usually emphasized. Some of my examples show evidence of this bias. But some of my examples also show a great warmth and sensitivity on his part to the women concerned in the passages, and I am inclined to attribute to St. Jerome a much more sympathetic and affectionate nature than does David Wiesen...

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