History, hagiography and Biblical exegesis : essays on Bede, Adomnan and Thomas Becket /: essays on Bede, Adomnan and Thomas Becket. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [Jennifer O'Reilly ; edited by Mairin MacCurron and Diarmuid Scully].
• Authors: O'Reilly, Jennifer, 1943-2016
• Editors: MacCarron, Máirín; Scully, Diarmuid (Jeremiah Diarmuid)
• Contents: Introduction to Bede: on the temple -- Islands and idols at the ends of the earth: exegesis and conversion in Bede's Historia ecclesiastica -- Bede on seeing the God of gods in Zion -- The multitude of isles and the corner-stone: topography, exegesis and the identity of the Angli in Bede's Historia ecclesiastica -- St Paul and the sign of Jonah. Theology and Scripture in Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum -- Bede and monothelitism -- Bede and the dating of Easter: the image of the mediator in the writings of Bede -- Reading the Scriptures in the life of Columba -- The wisdom of the scribe and the fear of the Lord in the life of St Columba -- Adomnán and the art of teaching spiritual sons -- Columba at Clonmacnoise -- The Bible as map, on seeing God and finding the way: pilgrimage and exegesis in Adomnán and Bede -- Candidus et rubicundus: an image of martyrdom in the lives of Thomas Becket -- The double martyrdom of Thomas Becket: hagiography or history?
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 270.2; RELIGION / Christian Church / History; RELIGION / Christianity / History; HISTORY / General; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429197765; 0429197764; 9780429588617; 0429588615; 9780429590559; 0429590555; 9780429586675; 0429586671
• Related ISBNs: 9780367187071; 0367187078
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 4, 2019).
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