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He produced the Latin Bible from a cave over three decades

Jerome, who produced the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible, spent roughly the last 34 years of his life in Bethlehem, where tradition places his study in a cave beside the site venerated as the birthplace of Jesus. He learned Hebrew from Jewish teachers so he could work from the original texts.

How we know

Jerome c. 347–420; settled in Bethlehem c. 386 until his death; translator of the Vulgate who studied Hebrew under Jewish teachers.

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