LEADER 03268nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910782386703321 005 20230314225421.0 010 $a1-281-84171-4 010 $a9786611841713 010 $a0-567-57490-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542346 035 $a(EBL)436668 035 $a(OCoLC)277006076 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000245917 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12044428 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245917 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10180159 035 $a(PQKB)10434140 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436668 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436668 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250961 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL184171 035 $a(OCoLC)893334348 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542346 100 $a20010423h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSigns of weakness $ejuxtaposing Irish tales and the Bible /$fVarese Layzer 210 1$aSheffield, Eng. :$cSheffield Academic Press,$d2001. 210 4$aŠ2001 215 $a1 online resource (249 pages) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v321 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-84127-172-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgment; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 PROLEGOMENA TO A READING OF THE CRITICISM OF EARLY IRISH TEXTS; Chapter 2 BOOKS OF MARGINS: READING BIBLICAL CRITICISM, LITERARY THEORY AND EARLY IRISH TEXTS; Chapter 3 WEAKNESS AND HUMAN FRAILTY: A READING OF THE BOOK OF JONAH AND SOME EPISODES FROM LIVES OF COLUMBA; Chapter 4 WEAKNESS AND MASOCHISM: A READING OF THE SAMSON STORY AND SOME TALES ABOUT CU? CHULAINN; Chapter 5 WEAKNESS AND FOLLY: A READING OF THE BOOK OF ESTHER AND TOCHMARC BECFHOLA; CONCLUSION; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Glossary of Irish Terms; Bibliography; Index of Biblical and Ancient References; Index of Early Irish Texts; Index of Authors 330 $aAre early Irish stories influenced by the Bible or transcriptions of pre-Christian Celtic lore? Layzer explores the practical and theoretical difficulties of determining 'influence' in ancient writing, and the relationship between the oral and the written, literacy and literature and the disciplines of Irish Studies and Biblical Studies.