Ireland and the reception of the Bible: social and cultural perspectives
Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Permission -- Abbreviation -- Introduction: Situating Ireland and Social and Cultural Reception of the Bible -- 1. Ireland: A (Broad) Historical Perspective -- 2. Social and Cul...
| Summary: | Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Permission -- Abbreviation -- Introduction: Situating Ireland and Social and Cultural Reception of the Bible -- 1. Ireland: A (Broad) Historical Perspective -- 2. Social and Cultural Reception of the Bible -- 3. Outline and Shape of the Volume -- 3.1 Ireland and the Transmission of the Bible -- 3.2 The Bible and Identity in Ireland -- 3.3 Ireland and Beyond: Reciprocal Influences -- 3.4 Cultural and Artistic Appropriation: Imagery, Music and Literature -- 4. Trajectories for Future Research -- 5. Concluding Reflections -- Bibliography -- Part I Ireland and the Transmission of the Bible -- Chapter 1 The Multifaceted Transmission of the Bible in Ireland, 550â1200 ce -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Early Social and Cultural Use -- 2.1 The Bible in Native Irish Law Tracts -- 2.2 The Bible in Ecclesiastical Law Codes (Collectio Canonum Hibernensis) -- 2.3 The Bible in Native Irish Genealogical Tracts -- 2.4 Genesis 1â11 in Lebor Gabála Ãrenn -- 3. Devotional Transmission -- 4. The Bible in Imaginative, Apocryphal and Poetic Transmission -- 5. The Bible in Monastic Transmission -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Psalter -- 5.3 Other Old Testament Books -- 5.4 New Testament Books -- 6. Attention to the Different Senses of Scripture: The Bible Message through Sermons and Exegetical Homilies -- 7. Illuminated Manuscripts and Humble Pocket Gospels -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 The Bible and âthe Peopleâ in Ireland, ca. 1100âca. 1650 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Saintsâ Lives and Their Biblical Parallels -- 3. Biblical Allusions in Bardic Religious Poetry -- 4. The Bible and Counter-Reformation Catechesis -- 5. The Wonder-Working Bible -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography Chapter 3 Translating the Bible into Irish, 1565â1850 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Beginnings -- 3. The Irish Translation of the Old Testament, 1628â37 -- 4. King and His Translation Discredited -- 5. The New Testament Reprint of 1681 -- 6. The Old Testament of 1685 -- 7. The Irish Bible of 1690 -- 8. The Editions of McQuige and OâReilly -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 âThe little ones called for bread and there was none that would break it for themâ: Some Notes on the Use of the Bibl -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Publication of the Sermons -- 3. Translation of the Sermons -- 4. Purpose of Gallagherâs Text -- 5. Use of the Bible in the Sermons -- 6. Translation of Scriptural References -- 7. Expansion of Scriptural References -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Irish Catholic Bible Readers before the Famine -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Fresh Translation: Cornelius Nary -- 3. Irish Bible Publication in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century -- 4. The Bible as Bestseller? -- 4.1 Irish Catholic Bible Readers -- 5. Bible Wars: Refighting the Reformation? -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 The Catholic Lectionary: Its Creation, Reception and Challenge -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Sunday Lectionary -- 3. Composing the Lectionary -- 4. The Lectionary in Practice -- 5. The Impacts on People and Preachers -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part II The Bible and Identity in Ireland -- Chapter 7 âThis Booke hath bred all the quarrelâ: The Bible in the 1641 Depositions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Rising and the 1641 Depositions -- 2.1 The Bible in the 1641 Depositions -- 2.1.1 Oath Swearing -- 2.1.2 Destruction and Desecration -- 3. Materiality, Iconicity and the Functional Dimensions of Scriptures -- 4. Returning to the 1641 Depositions -- 5. Conclusions -- Bibliography Chapter 8 The Last of the Milesians: in Search of Irelandâs Biblical Past, 1760â1900* -- 1. Introduction: Looking East -- 2. Antiquarianism and Race -- 3. Phoenician Patriots in Popular Culture -- 4. Lamenting the Milesians -- 5. The Insular Gael -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9 Between Ulster and the Kingdom of God: Uses of the Bible by Evangelicals in the Northern Ireland Troubles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Role of the Bible in the Formation of Evangelical Identities in Northern Ireland during the Troubles -- 3. Biblical Interpretations of the Troubles as an Apocalyptic Struggle between Christ and Satan and a Sign of the âEnd Timesâ -- 4. The Role of the Bible as a Transformative Text of Reconciliation in the Troubles -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10 Dancing Like David and Overcoming Enemies: Scripture and Culture in Christ Apostolic Church Dublin* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dancing Like David -- 2.1 Dance in Yoruba Culture -- 2.2 Dance and Scripture in CAC Dublin -- 2.3 Dance and the Second Generation -- 3. Overcoming Enemies -- 3.1 The Yoruba Concept of Otá -- 3.2 Methods of Dealing with Enemies -- 3.3 Enemies and Scripture in CAC Dublin -- 3.4 Negotiating Change -- 4. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11 Godâs Preference for the Poor: The Bible and Social Justice in Ireland -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sketching the Bible in Irish Memory and Culture from the Nineteenth Century to the Present -- 3. Two Contemporary Expressions of the Bible and Social Justice in Ireland -- 3.1 Trócaire and Catholic Social Teaching -- 3.2 Tearfund and Integral Mission -- 4. Concluding Reflections -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12 How Sacred Text Becomes Religious Artefact: A Cultural Geography of the Book of Kells -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Space, Place and Religious Text -- 3. The Book of Kells as a Tourism Resource 4. A Cultural Geography of the Book of Kells -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Part III Ireland and Beyond: Reciprocal Influences -- Chapter 13 Toland, Spinoza and the Naturalization of Scripture -- 1. Introduction -- 2. âAbove Reason = Contra Reasonâ -- 2.1 Method -- 2.2 Gospel Morality and Religious Adulteration -- 3. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 14 Irish Travellers to the Dead Sea: The Interplay and Impact of Empirical Investigation and Biblical Exegesis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Scene in Literature and Landscape -- 3. The Eighteenth-Century Agenda: Method and New Problems -- 4. Richard Pococke: Traveller and Bishop -- 5. Christopher Costigan: âThe Unfortunateâ -- 6. George Henry Moore: The Level of the Sea -- 7. Paradigms and Discovery -- Bibliography -- Chapter 15 The Chester Beatty Biblical Collection: A Treasury of Early Christian Manuscripts in an Irish Library -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Chester Beatty and His Collection -- 3. The Chester Beatty Biblical Manuscripts -- 3.1 Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri IâIII: New Testament -- 3.1.1 Chester Beatty Biblical Papyrus I: Gospels and Acts -- 3.1.2 Chester Beatty Biblical Papyrus II: Epistles -- 3.1.3 Chester Beatty Biblical Papyrus III: Revelation -- 3.2 Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri IVâXI: Septuagint -- 3.2.1 Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri IVâVI: The Law -- 3.2.2 Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri VIIâXI: Prophets and Writings -- 3.3 Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri XII: Extra-canonical Texts -- 3.4 The Significance of CBBP IâXII and XVIII as an Early Christian Library -- 4. The Beatty-Bodmer Pachomian Manuscripts -- 5. The Chester Beatty Biblical Manuscripts in the Twenty-First Century -- 5.1 Digitization -- 5.2 The Chester Beatty Biblical Manuscripts in Ireland -- Bibliography -- Chapter 16 âCasting Bread upon the Waterâ: A Voyage of Discovery 1. Introduction -- 2. Initial Teaching Experience (1966â68) -- 3. Theology in Switzerland (1968â72) -- 4. A Month in Israel (1972) -- 5. Life in Carysfort College (1972â88) -- 6. A Sabbatical Year (1979â80) -- 7. From Carysfort to University College Dublin (1980â88) -- 8. Memories of UCD (1988â2008) -- 9. Chester Beatty Syriac Manuscript 709 -- 10. Biblia Hebraica Quinta: 1992 Onwards -- 11. The Antioch Bible, 2011â13 -- 12. A Faith-Development Approach to the Scriptures -- 13. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part IV Cultural and Artistic Appropriation: Imagery, Music and Literature -- Chapter 17 The Book of Kells and the Visual Identity of Ireland -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Graphic Design of the Book of Kells -- 2.1 Artistic Inspiration -- 2.3 Typography -- 2.4 The Reception of the Biblical Text in the Image -- 3.1 The Book of Kells and Irish Design -- 3.2 The Book of Kells and Irish Art in the Late Twentieth Century -- 3.3 The Art of Jim Fitzpatrick -- 3.4 The Secret of Kells -- 4. The Defining Visual Cultural Identity of Modern Ireland -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 18 Imaging the Bible in Stained Glass: Five Stained Glass Windows by Michael Healy in St Brendanâs Cathedral, Loughrea -- 1. Introduction -- 2. St Brendanâs Cathedral, Loughrea -- 2.1 Side Altar Rose Window: The Holy Family -- 2.2 Christ the King and Our Lady Queen of Heaven -- 2.3 The Ascension Window -- 2.4 The Last Judgment Window -- Bibliography -- Chapter 19 The Bible in Music during Dublinâs Golden Age -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Bible in Irish Traditional Music -- 3. Biblical Music in the Monastic Tradition -- 4. The Reformation in Ireland -- 5. The Restoration -- 6. Eighteenth-Century Georgian Dublin -- 7. Italian Oratorio -- 8. Handelâs English Oratorio -- 8.1 Esther -- 8.2 Deborah -- 8.3 Messiah -- 8.4 Samson -- 8.5 Judas Maccabaeus 8.6 Joshua |
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| ISBN: | 0567678881 |