'Man liest das Buch trotz gelegentlicher Wiederholungen mit Spannung, gerade im Detail ist hier viel nützliche Arbeit geleistet worden.’Gert Haendler, Theologische Literaturzeitung, 1995.'L'ouvrage se recommande d'abord par une parfaite clarté mèthodique...Dans cette ouvrage de grande qualité...'G. M. , Revue des Etudes Augustiennes, 1994.'Hennings provides a useful compendium of the transmission and contents of this important correspondence, his most important contribution probably being the survey of the patristic views of the two debated issues, which lay behind the thinking of the two Fathers.'J. Neville Birdsall, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 1995.'...the author makes a valuable contribution by the detail and thoroughness of his work, especially in setting the debate between Augustine and Jerome in its larger context.'H. Alan Brehm, Southwestern Journal of Theology.'Ralph Hennings has produced a study which will be of the greatest service to students of the Fathers and of the canon of Scripture and biblical exegesis. Hennings is to be congratulated on a major scholarly achievement.'Gerald Bonner, Journal of Theological Studies, 1995.'This is a precise and detailed discussion of the exchange of correspondence between Augustine and Jerome, offering a rigorous analysis of its history, form and content.'C.T.R. Hayward, Society for Old Testament Study, 1995.