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- catalog abstract ""Are 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." "This study matches Samson, Jonah and Esther with three heroes from early Irish literature, exploring weakness and heroic strength, gender and power, frailty and ambiguity. The comparison illuminates each tradition and highlights the richness of two ancient narrative traditions."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12120986.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Are 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." "This study matches Samson, Jonah and Esther with three heroes from early Irish literature, exploring weakness and heroic strength, gender and power, frailty and ambiguity. The comparison illuminates each tradition and highlights the richness of two ancient narrative traditions."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-36) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Prolegomena to a reading of the criticism of early Irish texts -- Books of margins: reading biblical criticism, literary theory and early Irish texts -- Weakness and human frailty: a reading of the Book of Jonah and some episodes from lives of Columba -- Weakness and masochism: a reading of the Samson story and some tales about Cu Chulainn -- Weakness and folly: a reading of the book of Esther and Tochmarc Becfhola.".
- catalog extent "241 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Signs of weakness.".
- catalog identifier "1841271721".
- catalog isFormatOf "Signs of weakness.".
- catalog isPartOf "Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 321".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press,".
- catalog relation "Signs of weakness.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland".
- catalog subject "222.06 21".
- catalog subject "Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc. Ireland History.".
- catalog subject "Bible In literature.".
- catalog subject "Bible and literature.".
- catalog subject "Folk literature, Irish To 1100.".
- catalog subject "Human behavior in literature.".
- catalog subject "Irish literature To 1100 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Jonah Samson Esther.".
- catalog subject "PB1321 .L39 2001".
- catalog subject "Tales Ireland History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prolegomena to a reading of the criticism of early Irish texts -- Books of margins: reading biblical criticism, literary theory and early Irish texts -- Weakness and human frailty: a reading of the Book of Jonah and some episodes from lives of Columba -- Weakness and masochism: a reading of the Samson story and some tales about Cu Chulainn -- Weakness and folly: a reading of the book of Esther and Tochmarc Becfhola.".
- catalog title "Signs of weakness : juxtaposing Irish tales and the Bible / Varese Layzer.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".