'Holy, holier, holiest' : the sacred topography of the early medieval Irish church /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jenkins, David H. (David Harold)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Turnhout : Brepols, [2010]
Series:	Studia traditionis theologiae ; 4.
Subjects:	Ireland > Church history > 600-1500. Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem) > Influence. Church buildings > Ireland > History. Monasteries > Ireland > History.

Table of 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.