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  • The Scriptures of Saint Patrick: The Form of Patrick’s Bible

    This post is part of an ongoing series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. In what constitutes the third part of this series, I examine the textual form of Patrick’s Bible. This type of study has not often been undertaken.[1] The situation is such that Marie de Paor has gone so far as…

  • A Shout-Out to Shout-Outs

    One of the (very cool) benefits of working with top scholars is that you sometimes run across your name in print. Friends and peers have recently pointed out a couple such shout-outs, and I, in turn, wish to encourage you to check out these books, knowing first hand the excellence of their contents. First is…

  • SSP: What Were Saint Patrick’s Scriptures?

    This post is part of an ongoing series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. Scripture has played an important role in the history of the Christian Church, and Patrick’s approach to and treatment of the biblical text accentuates a worldview that prioritizes scripture. This part of my study has focused on the scriptural…

  • Recommended Readings: August 6

    If you read one article, look at The Desert Fathers Play Pokemon Go by Chris Casberg. For those of you with additional reading time this fine August weekend, check out the following suggestions, gathered from around the blogging world. Think I missed sharing something particularly important? Let me know in the comments section below. Happy…

  • SSP: The “Third Part” of Patrick’s Bible

    This post is part of an ongoing series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. Before turning to our examination of the form of Patrick’s Bible, a brief word must be said concerning Patrick’s relationship with the “third part” of the New Testament:[1] the writings of the Church Fathers. While Hanson argues that Patrick…

  • SSP: The Contents of Patrick’s Bible (Part II)

    This post is part of an ongoing series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. Remembering the medieval context of non-pandect Bibles (that is, Bibles in multiple volumes), examining Patrick’s practice of scripture allusion and quotation provides insights into not only which biblical books were the most important for him, but also which scriptural…

  • SSP: The Contents of Patrick’s Bible (Part I)

    This post is part of an ongoing series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. Patrick’s overarching approach to the scriptures in hand, I now turn to some more specific considerations of his citations from the Old and New Testaments. Of central importance for Patrick were the Gospels (primarily Matthew and Luke), Pauline Epistles…

  • SSP: Patrick’s Use of the Scriptures

    This post is part of an ongoing series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. Anyone even remotely familiar with the contents of the Christian Bible cannot help but recognize Patrick’s near constant reliance upon the scriptures in his writings. In the words of J.B. Bury, Patrick “was a homo unius libri; but with…

  • SSP: The Vulgate

    This post is part of an ongoing series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. The second major Latin version of the Bible circulating in the Middle Ages was the Vulgate. Commissioned by Pope Damasus in 383 CE, the Vulgate is commonly attributed as the work of Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus or, as he is…

  • SSP: Vetus Latina

    This post is part of an ongoing series on the Scriptures of Saint Patrick of Ireland. During the course of the Middle Ages two groups of Latin Bibles circulated in the Western world, the Vetus Latina and Vulgate versions. The Vetus Latina (“old Latin”) is a family of locally made Latin translations of both the…