PostVulgate

PostVulgate is a scholarly term used to describe the body of Latin biblical texts that succeeded Jerome's Vulgate and subsequent revisions of it. The PostVulgate tradition covers Latin translations and significant revisions produced from late antiquity through the early modern period, as scribes and scholars sought to correct linguistic inaccuracies, harmonize readings, and reflect updated manuscript evidence. It includes major standardizations such as the Sixtine Vulgate (late 16th century) and the Clementine Vulgate (1592), which served as the official Latin Bible of the Roman Catholic Church for centuries, and it leads into the modern Nova Vulgata (1979), a comprehensive revision aligned with contemporary manuscript evidence and linguistic usage.

The PostVulgate is characterized by a blend of textual criticism, philology, and ecclesial authority. Readings within this tradition show varying influences from Hebrew and Greek textual witnesses and often required harmonization of verses, corrections of spelling and punctuation, and reformatting for liturgical use. The term is used in textual criticism to distinguish the older Jerome-based Vulgate from later Latin Bible texts that updated or corrected it, while acknowledging that many PostVulgate editions remain close to Jerome's base text.

See also: Vulgate, Clementine Vulgate, Sixtine Vulgate, Nova Vulgata, Latin Bible, textual criticism.