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The (Fifteen) Signs before Doomsday in Irish Tradition

2015; Brepols; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1484/m.ipm-eb.4.000391

2294-8457

Martin McNamara,

Theology and Canon Law Studies

It is an honour and pleasure for me to be invited to contribute to this Festschrift in honour of Dr Marek Starowieyski who has contributed so much to the study of New Testament apocrypha and has translated the New Testament apocryphal gospels into Polish. As A. De Santos Otero has brought to the attention of the scholarly world, Old Slavonic has a rich tradition in apocryphal writings. The same is true of Irish tradition. Currently, in conjunction with the AELAC (Association pour l’Etude de la litterature Apocryphe Chretienne) an Irish Editorial Board is preparing a critical edition of all the New Testament Apocrypha, in a subseries Apocrypha Hiberniae of Corpus Christianorum Series Apocryphorum. The first volume has already appeared: Apocrypha Hiberniae. Vol. I: Evangelia Infantiae (Brepols 2001). The second volume in the series is in the process of completion: Apocrypha Hiberniae. Vol. 2. Apocalyptica et Eschatologica. One section of this volume will be devoted to the (XV) Signs before Doomsday. I give an overview of the question here, much of which must be regarded as ‘work in progress’.