The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome: The History of the Legend and Its Legacy, Or, How the Translator of the Vulgate Became an Apostle of the Slavs
(Part of the NIU Series in Orthodox Christian Studies Series)
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The Slavic Letters of St. Jerome is the first book-length study of the medieval legend that Church Father and biblical translator St. Jerome was a Slav who invented the Slavic (Glagolitic) alphabet and Roman Slavonic rite. Julia Verkholantsev locates the roots of this belief among the Latin clergy in Dalmatia in the 13th century and describes in fascinating detail how Slavic leaders subsequently appropriated it to further their...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0875804853
ISBN13:9780875804859
Release Date:September 2014
Publisher:Northern Illinois University Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 7.4" x 10.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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