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Podcast: New Books in Biography & Memoir
Episode: Jerome’s Tears (with David Bonagura Jr.): Death and Mourning in Christian Late Antiquity
Description: Professor David Bonagura, theologian and Latinist, has translated and edited seven of St. Jerome’s letters dealing with death and mourning. This doctor of the church consoles his friends in first centuries of Christendom, describing death as sleep, and dying as our journey back home to God. And though the Mediterranean is big and fourth-century travel was slow, we see that the Christian community is surprisingly close. The letters also reveal some of the material history and mentalities of daily life which allow us a priceless glimpse across the centuries.
Professor Bonagura’s website.
Professor Bonagura’s book Jerome...