دانلود کتاب History and Salvation in Medieval Ireland

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Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgements Note on terminology, biblical quotations and abbreviations Introduction Education Geography and ethnic diversity Language Law History Outline of study Chapter 1: In the Egypt of this our island: Reflections on Jewish history ‘A carnal race ignorant of truth’: early Irish antisemitism The world’s navel The Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ‘Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them’ Toisech popuil ‘Another Moses’: St Brendan Patrick the Israelite Christ’s idolatrous ancestors ‘The journeys and battles of the Children of Israel’ Chapter 2: Absalom, Absalom!: Rewriting the David story The boyhood deeds of David son of Jesse The sins of the father Entangled Sword of Damocles, hand of God ‘You, David, are the Church’ ‘Swifter than eagles, stronger than lions’ Chapter 3: More than honey to my mouth: The psalms ‘In what is concealed make wisdom known to me’ ‘The Lord’s teaching is his desire’ ‘Wash me, that I be whiter than snow’ ‘Seven times a day I have given praise to you’ ‘Their throat is an open sepulchre’ ‘My lips shall utter a hymn’ ‘The bed wherein I lie’ Chapter 4: The green-grassed land of the Assyrians: Constructing the history of Babylon The city and the city Urban myths ‘A griffin with a blue eye’ ‘The first king of the world’ ‘Babylon, the fair girl’ ‘Unconquered Cyrus’ Conclusion: from Darius to Salmoneus Chapter 5: Twilight of the idols ‘Your blood be upon your own heads’ ‘Consenting unto his death’ Apostle of the Irish Conclusion Bibliography Index