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Commentary on Matthew

Commentarii in Matthaeum

Written in 398, in Bethlehem, West Bank.

A quick, plain commentary on Matthew.

Commentary · first written in Latin · a major work

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How we know the date and place
Date written sure
Dictated in two weeks in March 398 (preface; Kelly, Jerome: His Life, Writings and Controversies (1975); Cavallera (1922))
Place written sure
Jerome lived at Bethlehem from 386 to his death in 420 (Kelly, Jerome, 1975)