Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Through a Glass Darkly: Time, the End, and the Essence of Apocalyptica
- 2 Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism and Christianity
- 3 Introduction to the Book of Revelation
- 4 The Gnostic Apocalypses
- 5 Exegeting the Apocalypse with the Donatist Communion
- 6 Tests of Faith, Rebirth out of Corruption, or Endless Cycles of Regeneration: Experiments in the Restoration of the Late Roman Empire
- 7 Latin Reception of the Apocalypse in the Early Middle Ages
- 8 Exegesis of the Apocalypse in the Tenth Century
- 9 The End of the World at the Ends of the Earth: Apocalyptic Thought in Medieval Ireland
- 10 Byzantine Apocalyptic Literature
- 11 Joachim of Fiore and the Apocalyptic Revival of the Twelfth Century
- 12 Apocalyptic Sensibility in Renaissance Europe
- 13 “Pride & Vanity of the Imagination, That Disdains to Follow This World’s Fashion”: Apocalypticism in the Age of Reason
- 14 The Formation of Antichrist in Medieval Western Christian Thought
- 15 From Dabiq to Jerusalem: Trajectories of Contemporary Salafi-jihadi Apocalypticism
- 16 American Evangelicals and the Apocalypse
- 17 Apocalypticism in the Contemporary World
- Appendix: Early Medieval Commentaries on the Apocalypse
- Index
- Series page
- References
9 - The End of the World at the Ends of the Earth: Apocalyptic Thought in Medieval Ireland
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Through a Glass Darkly: Time, the End, and the Essence of Apocalyptica
- 2 Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism and Christianity
- 3 Introduction to the Book of Revelation
- 4 The Gnostic Apocalypses
- 5 Exegeting the Apocalypse with the Donatist Communion
- 6 Tests of Faith, Rebirth out of Corruption, or Endless Cycles of Regeneration: Experiments in the Restoration of the Late Roman Empire
- 7 Latin Reception of the Apocalypse in the Early Middle Ages
- 8 Exegesis of the Apocalypse in the Tenth Century
- 9 The End of the World at the Ends of the Earth: Apocalyptic Thought in Medieval Ireland
- 10 Byzantine Apocalyptic Literature
- 11 Joachim of Fiore and the Apocalyptic Revival of the Twelfth Century
- 12 Apocalyptic Sensibility in Renaissance Europe
- 13 “Pride & Vanity of the Imagination, That Disdains to Follow This World’s Fashion”: Apocalypticism in the Age of Reason
- 14 The Formation of Antichrist in Medieval Western Christian Thought
- 15 From Dabiq to Jerusalem: Trajectories of Contemporary Salafi-jihadi Apocalypticism
- 16 American Evangelicals and the Apocalypse
- 17 Apocalypticism in the Contemporary World
- Appendix: Early Medieval Commentaries on the Apocalypse
- Index
- Series page
- References
Summary
Medieval Ireland had a rich apocalyptic literature, encompassing treatments of the end-times, eschatology, and the afterlife. This chapter surveys several of the main texts, with special attention to themes that are particularly characteristic of Irish apocalyptic.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature , pp. 156 - 171Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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Selected Further Reading
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Carey, John, Cárthaigh, Emma Nic, and Ó Dochartaigh, Caitríona, eds. The End and Beyond: Medieval Irish Eschatology. Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014.Google Scholar
Heist, W. W. The Fifteen Signs before Doomsday. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State College Press, 1952.Google Scholar
Herbert, Máire, and McNamara, Martin. Irish Biblical Apocrypha: Selected Texts in Translation. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1989.Google Scholar
McNamara, Martin. The Apocrypha in the Irish Church. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1975.Google Scholar
McNamara, Martin, ed. Apocalyptic and Eschatological Heritage: The Middle East and Celtic Realms. Dublin: Four Courts, 2003.Google Scholar
O’Meara, John J. The Voyage of Saint Brendan: Journey to the Promised Land. Dublin: Dolmen, 1978.Google Scholar
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