This volume contains fifty-nine homilies preached by St. Jerome on selected Psalms. Jerome's knowledge of the ""three Sacred Languages,"" Latin, Greek and Hebrew, his acquaintance with the exegetical methods of Antioch and Alexandria, his use of Origen's Hexapla and his work on the Psalter are impressive credentials for the quality of these works. As far as can be determined now these homilies were intended primarily for the instruction and edification...