Medieval Irish Apocrypha
Medieval Irish Apocrypha

Author: Zen Garcia

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-02-13

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1387591878

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This compilation of Irish medieval apocryphal texts is composed mostly of visions, dreams, and supernatural occurrences which helped shape the early English Christian church landscape, faith, and belief. The index consist of The Vision of Laisren, The Incredible Vision Of St. Drytheim, The Vision Of Tundale, Irish Passion Of St. Christopher, The Dream Of The Rood, Liber Monstrorum, The Avenging Of The Savior, The 15 Tokens Of Doomsday, Tidings Of Doomsday, The Tidings Of The Resurrection, The Vision Of Alberic, The Beheading Of John The Baptist, The Mother's Lament At The Slaughter Of The Innocents, The Legend Of Veronica, and In Taking Bithnua, The Tongue Of Angels also known as The Ever-new Tongue.

Clavis Litterarum Hibernensium
Clavis Litterarum Hibernensium

Author: Donnchadh Ó Corráin

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9782503548579

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This work describes the whole literary and scholarly output of the whole of the Irish middle ages (4th-17th centuries), in Latin and in the vernaculars, and tries to do so as comprehensively as possible, esp. in biblica, liturgica, computistica, hagiographica and grammatica. The book focuses both on individual manuscripts and on textual transmission. In the case of manuscripts, it gives succinctly information and a detailed bibliography, always chronologically arranged. In the case of texts, it lists the manuscripts in which they occur or, on occasion, where such a list can be found, together with a bibliography of relevant publications. In the case of both, there are running cross-references to the standard works of reference. Concordantiae, at the end of the volume, reinforce that. The 'Index Manuscriptorum' is the most comprehensive attempt so far to list the MSS written by the medieval Irish or transmitting their texts. It should allow new work on the fortuna of Irish MSS and texts and their influence throughout the middle ages. The chapters on MSS and texts written in Irish provide the treatment of several areas: annals, genealogies, vernacular law, early poetry, bardic poetry and metrics.--See publisher's website.

The Apocryphal Adam and Eve in Medieval Europe
The Apocryphal Adam and Eve in Medieval Europe

Author: Brian Murdoch

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2009-04-02

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0191569801

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What happened to Adam and Eve after their expulsion from paradise? Where the biblical narrative fell silent apocryphal writings took up this intriguing question, notably including the Early Christian Latin text, the Life of Adam and Eve. This account describes the (failed) attempt of the couple to return to paradise by fasting whilst immersed in a river, and explores how they coped with new experiences such as childbirth and death. Brian Murdoch guides the reader through the many variant versions of the Life, demonstrating how it was also adapted into most western and some eastern European languages in the Middle Ages and beyond, constantly developing and changing along the way. The study considers this development of the apocryphal texts whilst presenting a fascinating insight into the flourishing medieval tradition of Adam and Eve. A tradition that the Reformation would largely curtail, stories from the Life were celebrated in European prose, verse and drama in many different languages from Irish to Russian.

Irish Biblical Apocrypha
Irish Biblical Apocrypha

Author: Maíre Herbert

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2004-07-09

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0567172872

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The Corpous Apocryphum Hiberniae is organised by a number of distinguished specialists, including Father Martin McNamara, MSC. Some of the Apocrypha are preserved only in Old Irish. To focus research on the Apocrypha Hiberniae is to bring into view the milieu of Old Ireland, its links with the Holy Land, and the complex and creative traditions that enlivened the earliest Christians who endeavoured to imagine the lives of Jesus, his family, and his earliest followers. Most of this information has only recently become more widely known, making this work a fascinating and invaluable resource.

Conversing with Angels and Ancients
Conversing with Angels and Ancients

Author: Joseph Falaky Nagy

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2018-09-05

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1501729055

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How does a written literature come into being within an oral culture, and how does such a literature achieve and maintain its authority? Joseph Falaky Nagy addresses those issues in his wide-ranging reading of the medieval literature of Ireland, from the writings of St. Patrick to the epic tales about the warrior Cú Chulainn. These texts, written in both Latin and Irish, constitute an adventurous and productive experiment in staging confrontations between the written and the spoken, the Christian and the pagan. The early Irish literati, primarily clerics living within a monastic milieu, produced literature that included saints' lives, heroic sagas, law tracts, and other genres. They sought to invest their literature with an authority different from that of the traditions from which they borrowed, native and foreign. To achieve this goal, they cast many of their texts as the outcome of momentous dialogues between saints and angelic messengers or remarkable interviews with the dead, who could reveal some insight from the past that needed to be rediscovered by forgetful contemporaries. Conversing with angels and ancients, medieval Irish writers boldly inscribed their visions of the past onto the new Christian order and its literature. Nagy includes portions of the original Latin and Irish texts that are not readily available to scholars, along with full translations.

The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature
The Irish Tradition in Old English Literature

Author: Charles D. Wright

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-07

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0521419093

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Charles Wright identifies the characteristic features of Irish Christian literature which influenced Anglo-Saxon vernacular authors. As a full-length study of Irish influence on Old English religious literature, the book will appeal to scholars in Old English literature, Anglo-Saxon studies, and Old and Middle Irish literature.

Hidden Gospels
Hidden Gospels

Author: Philip Jenkins

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2002-12-05

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0199760705

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This incisive critique thoroughly and convincingly debunks the claims that recently discovered texts such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary, and even the Dead Sea Scrolls undermine the historical validity of the New Testament. Jenkins places the recent controversies surrounding the hidden gospels in a broad historical context and argues that, far from being revolutionary, such attempts to find an alternative Christianity date back at least to the Enlightenment. By employing the appropriate scholarly and historical methodologies, he demonstrates that the texts purported to represent pristine Christianity were in fact composed long after the canonical gospels found in the Bible. Produced by obscure heretical movements, these texts have attracted much media attention chiefly because they seem to support radical, feminist, and post-modern positions in the modern church. Indeed, Jenkins shows how best-selling books on the "hidden gospels" have been taken up by an uncritical, drama-hungry media as the basis for a social movement that could have powerful effects on the faith and practice of contemporary Christianity.

Medieval Ireland
Medieval Ireland

Author: Clare Downham

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-12-07

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 110854794X

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Medieval Ireland is often described as a backward-looking nation in which change only came about as a result of foreign invasions. By examining the wealth of under-explored evidence available, Downham challenges this popular notion and demonstrates what a culturally rich and diverse place medieval Ireland was. Starting in the fifth century, when St Patrick arrived on the island, and ending in the fifteenth century, with the efforts of the English government to defend the lands which it ruled directly around Dublin by building great ditches, this up-to-date and accessible survey charts the internal changes in the region. Chapters dispute the idea of an archaic society in a wide-range of areas, with a particular focus on land-use, economy, society, religion, politics and culture. This concise and accessible overview offers a fresh perspective on Ireland in the Middle Ages and overthrows many enduring stereotypes.

Apocryphal Texts and Traditions in Anglo-Saxon England
Apocryphal Texts and Traditions in Anglo-Saxon England

Author: Kathryn Powell

Publisher: DS Brewer

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9780859917742

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Studies and editions of Anglo-Saxon apocryphal materials, filling a gap in literature available on the boundaries between apocryphal and orthodox in the period. Apocrypha and apocryphal traditions in Anglo-Saxon England have been often referred to but little studied. This collection fills a gap in the study of pre-Conquest England by considering what were the boundaries between apocryphaland orthodox in the period and what uses the Anglo-Saxons made of apocryphal materials. The contributors include some of the most well-known and respected scholars in the field. The introduction - written by Frederick M. Biggs, one of the principal editors of Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture - expertly situates the essays within the field of apocrypha studies. The essays themselves cover a broad range of topics: both vernacular and Latin texts, those available in Anglo-Saxon England and those actually written there, and the uses of apocrypha in art as well as literature. Additionally, the book includes a number of completely new editions of apocryphal texts which were previously unpublished or difficult to access. By presenting these new texts along with the accompanying range of essays, the collection aims to retrieve these apocryphal traditions from the margins of scholarship and restore tothem some of the importance they held for the Anglo-Saxons. Contributors: DANIEL ANLEZARK, FREDERICK M. BIGGS, ELIZABETH COATSWORTH, THOMAS N. HALL, JOYCE HILL, CATHERINE KARKOV, PATRIZIA LENDINARA, AIDEEN O'LEARY, CHARLES D. WRIGHT.

Simon Magus in Patristic, Medieval and Early Modern Traditions
Simon Magus in Patristic, Medieval and Early Modern Traditions

Author: Alberto Ferreiro

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-29

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 9047415469

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This book is an exploration of the post-New Testament figure of Simon Magus spanning the patristic era, Middle Ages, and the early modern period as found in art, vernacular literatures, heresiologies, theological texts, hagiographies and homilies.