The Bible and the Apocrypha in the early Irish church (A.D. 600-1200)
Subtitle: collected essays
By: Martin McNamara
Series: Instrumenta patristica et mediaevalia -- 66; Instrumenta patristica et mediaevalia -- 66.
Publisher: Brepols Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Turnhout
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1000
ISBN-13: 9782503547954
Subjects: Apocryphal books; Commentaries; Iroschottische Kirche; Handschrift; Catholic Church; Bible; Bibel; Apokryphen
Description: The twenty-one essays in this volume, published from 1971 onwards, together with the introductions and conclusion, treat of the Bible and apocryphal works in Ireland during the pre-Norman period, from A.D. 600 to 1200. The essays cover developments during the of research during this period, attention is paid to the texts of the Latin Bible, in particular the Psalms and the Four Gospels, and to the Antiochene influence on Psalm interpretation, as well as to the rich corpus of Irish apocryphal writings, some of them very early (Transitus Mariae, so-called Infancy Narrative of Thomas, texts on the Magi and a related Infancy Narrative). Special attention is paid to the creative biblical interpretation of the Psalms in the early Irish Church A.D. 600-800, and also to what appears to be an early Irish (early eighth-century) commentary on the Apocalypse. It is hoped that these essays will contribute to a renewed examination of early Irish exegesis in this the sixtieth year of the publication of Dr Bischoff's 1954 essay.
Notes: Collection of texts published previously.

Reprinted contributions.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.