Books of Solomon.
This is addressed to Paula and Eustochium. Jerome
describes the numerous emendations he has had to make in what was then
the received Latin text, but says he has not found the same necessity
in dealing with Ecclesiasticus. He adds, “All I aim at is to give
you a revised edition of the Canonical Scriptures, and to employ my
Latin on what is certain rather than on what is
doubtful.”