Hebrew Questions on Genesis
Jerome's philological commentary on Genesis, drawing on Hebrew text and Jewish exegetical traditions.
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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Verse 2: And the earth was without form and void
— Cited on the meaning of merachephet (birds hovering over eggs)
"as St. Basil, Diodorus, and Jerome testify in the Hebrew Questions on Genesis, refers to birds when, hovering over their eggs and chicks, they gently balance themselves"