Jerome de Oleastro

Dominican biblical commentator known for his literal-oriented commentary on the Pentateuch.

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• He Created — Cited for translating Hebrew bara as "divided" rather than "created" (rejected by Lapide)

  "Jerome de Oleastro translates the Hebrew bara as 'divided.'"

• Introduction — Listed among authors recommended for moral teachings

  "Jerome de Oleastro, Pererius"

• Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness — Cited alongside Eugubinus for thinking God assumed human form to create man

  "Oleaster and Eugubinus in the Cosmopoeia think that God here assumed a human form"