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Signs of Weakness

Juxtaposing Irish Tales and the Bible

  • Hardback
  • 250 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

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For scholars and readers interested in cultural narratives

Explores the links between Irish and Biblical stories

You will gain new insights into strength and weakness themes

Discover the fascinating parallels between Irish tales and Biblical heroes in "Signs of Weakness".

A comparison of three Biblical heroes with three heroes of early Irish literature, using themes of weakness and strength, gender and power, frailty and ambiguity. 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 fascinating comparative study matches Samson, Jonah and Esther with three Irish heroes for similarities in theme and treatment. Among the features explored are weakness and heroic strength, gender and power, frailty and ambiguity. The sexy, counterintuitive characters of the Irish stories throw a wonderful light on the techniques of ancient Hebrew narrative.
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  • Title

    Signs of Weakness

  • Author

    Dr Varese Layzer

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    March 2001

  • Weight

    514g

  • Page Count

    250

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781841271729

  • ISBN-10

    1841271721

  • Eden Code

    1180965