Jerome Biblical Commentary

The Jerome Biblical Commentary is a series of books of Biblical scholarship, whose first edition was published in 1968. It is arguably the most-used volume of

The book's title is a reference to Jerome, known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate) and his extensive Biblical commentaries.

First edition

The Jerome Biblical Commentary was published in 1968 by

• Apocrypha; Dead Sea Scrolls; Other Jewish Literature – Raymond E. Brown SS, Pheme Perkins, Anthony Saldarini
• Text and Versions – Raymond E. Brown SS, D. W. Johnson
  SJ
  , Kevin G. O'Connell SJ
• Modern Old Testament Criticism – Alexa Suelzer SP, John S. Kselman SS.
• Modern New Testament Criticism – John S. Kselman SS, Ronald D. Witherup SS
• Hermeneutics – Raymond E. Brown SS, Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M.
• Church Pronouncements – Raymond E. Brown SS, Thomas Aquinas Collins
  OP
• Biblical Geography – Raymond E. Brown SS, Robert North SJ
• Biblical Archaeology – Robert North SJ,
  Philip J. King
• A History of Israel – Addison G. Wright SS,
  Joseph A. Fitzmyer
  SJ
• Religious Institutions Of Israel – John J. Castelot, Aelred Cody OSB
• Aspects of Old Testament Thought – John L. McKenzie
• Jesus – John P. Meier
• Paul –
  Joseph A. Fitzmyer
  SJ
• Early Church – Raymond E. Brown SS, Carolyn Osiek RSCJ, Pheme Perkins
• Aspects of New Testament Thought – Raymond E. Brown SS, John R. Donahue SJ, Donald Senior CP, Adela Yarbro Collins
• Pauline Theology – Joseph A. Fitzmyer SS
• Johannine Theology – Francis J. Moloney SDB

Third edition

The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century was published on 27 January 2022 by

The new volume continues its approach of historical-critical methodology in the light of Catholic tradition, with a broader array of commentators beyond Europe and North America; Pope Francis wrote a foreword for the volume.^[5]

Editions

• Brown, Raymond Edward; Fitzmyer, Joseph A.; Murphy, Roland E., eds. (1968). The Jerome Biblical Commentary (2 volumes). Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
  OCLC 355447
  .
• Brown, Raymond Edward; Fitzmyer, Joseph A.; Murphy, Roland E, eds. (1990). The New Jerome Biblical Commentary. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
  ISBN 978-0136149347
  .
• Brown, Raymond Edward; Fitzmyer, Joseph A.; Murphy, Roland E, eds. (2007). Novo Comentário Bíblico São Jerônimo. São Paulo: Paulus.
  ISBN 9788598481197
  .
• Collins, John J.; Hens-Piazza, Gina; Reid, Barbara, eds. (2022). The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century - Third Fully Revised Edition. New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing.
  ISBN 978-1474248853
  .