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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

301–400

The Fourth Century

1 work

382–405

Latin

The Vulgate

Jerome · c. 347–420

A new Latin Bible made, against loud objection, from the Hebrew rather than the Greek Septuagint, with prefaces defending each decision.

Western · TranslationRead elsewhere

901–1000

The Tenth Century

1 work

c. 995–1005

Latin

The Colloquy

Ælfric of Eynsham · c. 955–c. 1010

A Latin conversation practice in which a teacher questions boys playing a ploughman, a shepherd, a fisherman, a hunter, and a merchant about their work.

Anglo-Saxon · EducationRead elsewhere