Commentary on Zephaniah

Jerome (342–420)

Commentary on the Prophet Zephaniah by Saint Jerome of Stridon, a Presbyter, Book One.

Latin Text from public domain Migne Editors, Patrologiae Cursus Completus.

Table of Contents

Prologue

1:1

1:2-3

1:4-6

1:7

1:8-9

1:10

1:11

1:12

1:13-14

1:15-16

1:17-18

2:1-2

2:3-4

2:5-7

2:8-11

2:12-15

3:1-7

3:8-9

3:10-13

3:14-18

3:19-20

Prologue

Before I take on the book of Zephaniah, which is the ninth in the order of the twelve prophets, it seems necessary to respond to those who consider me worthy of ridicule, because I write to you first, O Paula and Eustochium, instead of men. If they knew that women like Deborah prophesied and judged, and that Judith and Esther, as types of the Church, killed their enemies and saved Israel from danger, while men remained silent, they would never raise a hand against me behind my back. I am silent about Anna and Elizabeth, and the other holy women, whose bright lights, like stars, hide the shining light of Mary. I will come to the pagan women, so that they may see, as even among the philosophers of the world, it is the differences of souls that are usually sought, not of bodies. Plato presents Aspasia arguing: Sappho is mentioned with Pindar and Alcaeus: Themista converses among the…

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