Adomnan and the Holy Places : The Perceptions of an Insular Monk on the Locations of the Biblical Drama.

Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 ADOMNÁN: A MAN AND HIS WORK -- 1 A Man of Many Parts -- 2 The Rationale for this Book -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 A MANUAL OF SACRED TOPOGRAPHY -- 1 The Notion of Sacred Topography -- 2 Locating De locis sanctis within a Genre and a Tradition -- 3 The Notion of an Exegetical Manual -- 4 The De locis sanctis as a Manual -- 5 De locis sanctis: A Product of its Age -- Chapter 3 THE OCCASION OF DE LOCIS SANCTIS -- 1 Why did Adomnán Write on the Holy Places? -- 2 The Inspirations to Write -- 3 Aims in Writing -- 4 Arculf and Adomnán -- 5 Arculf: A Literary Device? -- 6 Reading the De locis sanctis as Adomnán's Book -- 7 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 THE SCRIPTURES ON IONA -- 1 'All scripture is inspired' -- 2 The Language of the Scriptures -- 3 The Text of the Scriptures -- 4 Adomnán's Canon of Scripture -- 5 Adomnán's Appreciation of the Scriptures -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 THE EXEGETE AT WORK -- 1 Working with Scripture -- 2 Case 1: Hebron and its Tomb -- 3 Case 2: Reconciling the Gospels -- 4 Case 3: Alexandria and the Text of Nahum -- 5 Extracting 'Principles' -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 ADOMNÁN AS A THEOLOGIAN -- 1 Appropriate Categories -- 2 Case 1: The uestigia Dei -- 3 Case 2: Christ as the Rock -- 4 Case 3: Waiting for the Resurrection -- 5 Case 4: The Gates of Hell -- 6 Assessing Adomnán as a Theologian -- Chapter 7 ADOMNÁN'S WORLD -- 1 Focus, Viewpoints and Method -- 2 Adomnán's Mental Maps 1: The World of the DLS -- 3 Adomnán's Mental Maps 2: The World of Iona -- 4 Adomnán's Mental Maps 3: The Nations -- 5 The DLS: Its Value and Limits -- Chapter 8 THE IMPACT OF THE DLS -- 1 The Blind Sieve of Time -- 2 The Routes of Adomnán's Survival -- 3 The Diffusion of Adomnán's DLS in the Mediaeval Period -- 4 Adomnán and Bede: Magister et Discipulus -- 5 Adomnán the Illustrious.

6 The Afterlife of the DLS -- Chapter 9 THE DLS WITHIN IONA'S CHRISTIAN PRACTICE -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Martyria of Christ and the Saints -- 3 The DLS and the Exegesis of Scripture -- 4 The Holy Land and Relics -- 5 The Holy Places and the Liturgy on Iona -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 THE EDITION OF ADOMNÁN'S DLS -- Appendix 2 THE De SITU HIERUSOLIMAE AND EUCHERIUS -- Appendix 3 LATIN LISTS OF THE CANONICAL BOOKS COMPARED -- Appendix 4 THE APOCRYPHA ON IONA -- Appendix 5 THE PARALLELS IN THE FOUR GOSPELS UNDERLYING DLS 1,25 AS PRESENTED USING THE EUSEBIAN APPARATUS -- Appendix 6 BOOKS AVAILABLE TO ADOMNÁN ON IONA -- Appendix 7 AN EMENDATION OF THE TEXT OF GREGORY THE GREAT, DIALOGI IV,31,3 -- Appendix 8 MANUSCRIPTS OF ADOMNÁN'S DE LOCIS SANCTIS -- Appendix 9 REFERENCES TO ARCULF -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Indices -- 1. Manuscripts -- 2. Biblical -- 3. Ancient and Mediaeval Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- 4. Modern Names.

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