| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiii, 196 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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T & T Clark academic paperbacks
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T & T Clark academic paperbacks.
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| Note |
Originally published: Edinburgh : T & T Clark, 1989. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-189) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The creation of Adam -- Creation and fall -- The penance of Adam -- The death of Adam -- Adam and his descendants -- The two sorrows of the Kingdom of Heaven -- Story of David -- The power of women -- The deaths of the chief prophets -- Infancy gospel -- The wonders of the night of the nativity -- Additional related text -- The magi -- Anecdote concerning the magi -- Infancy gospel of Thomas -- The Abgar legend -- Letter of Jesus on Sunday observance -- The mystical tree -- The death of John the Baptist -- Gospel of Nicodemus -- Texts relating to the Beloved Disciple -- Episodes from the life of John, the Beloved Disciple -- Fragment of an apocalypse, and death of John -- The acts of Peter and Paul -- The passion of the Apostle Philip -- The evernew tongue -- Transitus Mariae -- Irish text of Visio sancti Pauli -- The vision of Adomnán -- Antichrist -- The seven journeys of the soul -- The signs before doomsday. |
| Summary |
Ireland has a rich legacy of apocryphal material, which can be traced back in origin to the earliest centuries of Christianity in the island. Some of the writings are in Latin, but most have been handed down in vernacular Irish translation. These writings in Irish form one of the richest collections of apocryphal material in any vernacular language. Of this body of literature, some texts are straightforward Irish translations of well-known Latin writings. Others are translations of early, rare or little attested Apocrypha. Some have no known original, although they appear to be direct translations of some lost apocryphal work. Some are apocryphal writings, worked into a new Irish composition. Still others are modifications of some apocryphal writing, combined with native Irish tradition. Under the auspices of the Irish Biblical Association, the editors have here brought together in English translation the most important texts, bearing on both the Old and New Testament. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Apocryphal books -- Translations into English.
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Apocryphal books. |
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Manuscripts, Irish -- Translations into English.
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Manuscripts, Irish. |
| Genre/Form |
Translations.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Herbert, Máire.
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McNamara, Martin.
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| Added Title |
Bible. Apocrypha. English. Herbert. Selections. 2004.
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Bible. Apocrypha. English. NMcNamara. Selections. 2004.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Irish biblical apocrypha. London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2004 0567084361 (DLC) 2004275863 (OCoLC)57686369 |
| ISBN |
9780567172877 (electronic book) |
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0567172872 (electronic book) |
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0567084361 |
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9780567084361 |
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