Research Catalog

Title

Irish Biblical apocrypha : selected texts in translation / edited by Máire Herbert and Martin McNamara.

Publication

London : T&T Clark International/A Continuum Imprint, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• McNamara, Martin
• Herbert, Máire.

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.

Subject

• Apocryphal books > Translations into English
• Manuscripts, Irish > Translations into English

Genre/Form

Translations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-189) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

0567084361

OCLC

• 57686369
• SCSB-10534748

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library