History, Hagiography and Biblical Exegesis: Essays on Bede, Adomnán and Thomas Becket

Contributor(s): O'Reilly, Jennifer (Author), Maccarron, Máirín (Editor), Scully, Diarmuid (Editor)

ISBN: 9780367187071

Publisher: Routledge

Hardcover

$235.00

Pub Date: June 4, 2019

Dewey: 270.2

LCCN: 2019004652

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 9.40" L x 6.30" W ( 1.00 lbs) 388 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | General | Religion | Christianity | Christian Church

Series: Variorum Collected Studies

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description:

A collection of 16 essays, old and new, relating history and exegesis in the writings of Bede and Adomnán, and in the lives of Thomas Becket.

Review Quotes:

'This collection brings into sharp focus O'Reilly's contributions to medieval studies, especially her profound expertise in Scripture and her sensitivity to the spiritual and theological motivations of Bede and Adomnán' - Sharon M. Rowley, Peritia, 31 (2022).