{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/206/2060200.htm","path":"chr/ecf/206/2060200.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/206/2060200.htm","text":"Addressed to Paula and Eustochium, about a.d. 393. This Preface speaks of Isaiah as using the polished diction natural to a man of rank and refinement, as an Evangelist more than a prophet, and a poet rather than a prose writer. He then reiterates his defence of his translation, saying that now, \u201cThe Jews can no longer scoff at our Churches because of the falsity of our Scriptures.\u201d","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. VI: Prefaces.: Isaiah.","type":"page"}