Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. List of Abbreviations xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The Making of a Christian Writer 25
8. 2 Experiments in Exegesis 63
9. 3 Interpretation and the Construction of Jerome’s Authority 97
10. 4 Jerome’s Library 133
11. 5 Toward a Monastic Order of Books 167
12. 6 The Book and the Voice 201
13. 7 Readers and Patrons 233
14. Epilogue 261
15. Appendix: Chronology of Jerome’s Career 267
16. Bibliography 303
17. Index 313