The Vulgate: New Testament: A Latin Reader with Macrons

Edited by Timothy A. Lee, Samuel H. Wessels, and Ryan Kaufman  

Book 44 in Latin Vulgate Readers

Release pending

This is a Latin reader for the Vulgate: New Testament. It is designed as a useful cost-efficient tool for two groups of people. First, for students learning Ecclesiastical Latin after a year’s worth of study this book and its series provide the material to grow in reading ability from the primary texts. Second, this book is designed for pastors, scholars, and curious lay people looking to refresh their Latin, or use them in preparation for their work of study, preaching, and teaching.

The book immerses the reader in the biblical texts in order to build confidence reading Ecclesiastical Latin as quickly as possible. To achieve this, all words have had macrons carefully inserted by the editors and all uncommon words that occur 90 times or fewer in the Vulgate are glossed as footnotes. This enables the reader to continue reading every passage unhindered. Therefore, the book complements traditional language grammars and is especially ideal for beginner and intermediate students learning to read Ecclesiastical Latin. However, even advanced readers will appreciate the glossing of the rare words, since it saves time reading the text.

Other features include:

• Biblical maps in Latin
• Paradigm charts of noun and verbs
• Glossary of all the words not glossed below the text
• Wide margins

The base text is the Clementine Vulgate which was the standard Vulgate from 1592 for 400 years and is an excellent witness for studying the Vulgate as it was received in the Middle Ages and around the time of the Reformation.

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