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'Holy, holier, holiest' : the sacred topography of the early medieval Irish church / David H. Jenkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, David H. (David Harold)
- Series:
- Studia traditionis theologiae ; 4.
- Studia traditionis theologiae ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem).
- Monasteries.
- History.
- Church buildings.
- Ireland--Church history--600-1500.
- Ireland.
- Church history.
- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)--Influence.
- Church buildings--Ireland--History.
- Monasteries--Ireland--History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 213 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Turnhout : Brepols, [2010]
- Contents:
- The religious topography of the early medieval Irish church : an historiographical perspective. Enclosure as an expression of an ascetic ideal ; Monastic hegemony : a revisionist critique ; Enclosure as an expression of power and influence ; Enclosure as an expression of sacred identity ; Enclosure in a non-Irish context ; Conclusion
- Slab-shrines and oratories : the anatomy of religious settlement within the early medieval Irish church. The anatomy of settlement : an archaeological context ; The anatomy of settlement : a literary context ; Conclusion
- From the tabernacle to the New Jersualem : an exploration of a biblical hermeneutic for the topography of religious settlement. The Bible and the sanctification of space ; The tabernacle and the temple : a textual depiction of sacred topography ; The temple motif within patristic exegesis ; The temple motif within early Irish exegesis ; Conclusion
- And was Jerusalem builded here? : the making of a religious landscape. A Scriptural 'canon of planning' ; An Eremitic inheritance ; An Eremitic paradigm? ; The creation of a religious landscape ; Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9782503533162
- 2503533167
- OCLC:
- 464588848
- Publisher Number:
- 99937506451
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