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Adomnan and the Holy Places

by Thomas O'Loughlin

  • Hardback
  • 370 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

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Adomnan, ninth abbot of Iona, wrote his book, "On The Holy Places", in the closing years of the seventh century. It is a detailed account of the sites mentioned in the Christian scriptures, the overall topography, and the shrines that are in Palestine and Egypt at that time. It is neatly broken into three parts: Jerusalem, the surrounding areas, and then a few other places. Adomnan's book is an attempt to compile a biblical studies manual according to the demands of Augustine (354-430) - one of which was that there had to be an empirical withness. Adomnan wrote the work and employed Arculf as a literary device. However, he produced the desired manual which remained in use until the Reformation.Thomas O'Loughlin shows how Adomnan's work can be used to study the nature of scriptural studies in the Latin world of the time, and perceptions of space, relics, pilgrimage, and Islam. While a study of how the work was used by others, transmitted, reworked (for example by the Venerable Bede) brings unique light onto the theological world of the Carolingians.
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  • Author

    Thomas O'Loughlin

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

  • Published

    November 2007

  • Weight

    695g

  • Page Count

    370

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567031839

  • ISBN-10

    0567031837

  • Eden Code

    1213230

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