Adulter Vs. MoechusJoksimović, Milena (Avtor) Vulgateadulteriummoechuslatin languageadulteryTraditional marriage morality of the modern Western civilization has been greatly influenced by the Christian teaching on marriage, which sees adultery as a significant threat to a marriage bond. Christian marriage morality was shaped primarily during the 4th century when the Church allied with imperial institutions, rose to power, and Christianity spread at an extraordinary pace. Jerome revised the existing Latin translation of the gospels and translated the Old Testament from Hebrew to Latin. The Vulgate soon became the referential and most frequently used version of the Bible. It has for centuries influenced the content, style, and vocabulary of European literature and Romance languages. Due to its importance and the social, historical, and cultural circumstances under which it was formed, the Vulgate text is of the most significant relevance for exploring the terminology of adultery. The author investigates the terms for adultery used by Jerome in translating Old Testament (members of lexical families derived from the words adulter and moechus as a translation of Hebrew forms derived from the root na’aph) and endeavours to explain his motivation for choosing different Latin terms. The author also compares the vocabulary of adultery in the New Testament books of the Vulgate and explores Jerome’s intervention in the Latin text of the New Testament. 20212024-10-14 10:17:48Članek v reviji163914UDK: 27-36-1sv.HieronimISSN pri članku: 0006-5722DOI: 10.34291/BV2021/02/JoksimovicCOBISS_ID: 87507203sl