Bradford A. Anderson is Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Dublin City University, Ireland. Jonathan Kearney is Lecturer in Jewish and Islamic Studies at Dublin City University, Ireland.

• List of IllustrationsForeword -- John J. Collins, Yale Divinity School, USAList of ContributorsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Situating Ireland and Socio-Cultural Reception of the Bible -- (Bradford A. Anderson, Dublin City University, Ireland and Jonathan Kearney, Dublin City University, Ireland)Part One: Ireland and the Transmission of the Bible1. The Multifaceted Transmission of the Bible in Ireland, A.D. 550-1200 CE -- (Martin McNamara, Milltown Institute, Ireland)2. The Bible and ‘the People’ in Ireland, c.1100-c.1650 -- (Salvador Ryan, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland)3. Translating the Bible into Irish, 1565-1850 -- (Fearghus Ó Fearghail, Mater Dei Institute of Education, Ireland)4. ‘The Little Ones Called for Bread and there was None that Would Break it for Them’: Some Notes on the Use of the Bible in the Sermons of Bishop James Gallagher -- (Ciaran Mac Murchaidh, Dublin City University, Ireland)5. Irish Catholic Bible Readers before the Famine -- (Brendan McConvery, St Patrick’s College Maynooth, Ireland)6. The Catholic Lectionary: Its Creation, Reception and Challenge -- (Kieran O’Mahony, Diocese of Dublin, Ireland)Part Two: The Bible and Identity in Ireland7. ‘This Booke hath bred all the quarrel’: The Bible in the 1641 Depositions -- (Bradford A. Anderson, Dublin City University, Ireland)8. The Last of the Milesians: In Search of Ireland’s Biblical Past, 1760-1900 -- (Brian Murray, King’s College London, UK)9. Between Ulster and the Kingdom of God: Uses of the Bible by Evangelicals in the Northern Ireland Troubles -- (Joshua Searle, Spurgeon’s College, UK)10. Dancing Like David and Overcoming Enemies: Scripture and Culture in Christ Apostolic Church Dublin -- (Rebecca Uberoi, independent scholar)11. God’s Preference for the Poor: The Bible and Social Justice in Ireland -- (Patrick Mitchel, Irish Bible Institute, Ireland)12. How Sacred Text Becomes Religious Artefact: A Cultural Geography of the Book of Kells -- (Eoin O’Mahony, University College Dublin, Ireland)Part Three: Ireland and Beyond: Reciprocal Influences13. Toland, Spinoza, and the Naturalization of Scripture -- (Ian Leask, Dublin City University, Ireland)14. Irish Travellers to the Dead Sea: The Interplay and Impact of Empirical Investigation and Biblical Exegesis -- (Thomas O’Loughlin, University of Nottingham, UK)15. The Chester Beatty Biblical Collection: A Treasury of Early Christian Manuscripts in an Irish Library -- (David Hutchinson Edgar, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)16. ‘Casting Bread Upon the Water’: A Voyage of Discovery -- (Carmel McCarthy, University College Dublin, Ireland)Part Four: Cultural and Artistic Appropriation: Imagery, Music, and Literature17. The Book of Kells and the Visual Identity of Ireland -- (Amanda Dillon, independent scholar)18. Imaging the Bible in Stained Glass: Five Stained Glass Windows by Michael Healy in St. Brendan’s Cathedral, Loughrea -- (Myra Hayes, Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Ireland)19. The Bible in Music during Dublin’s Golden Age -- (Siobhán Dowling Long, University College Cork, Ireland)20. Scripture, Music, and the Shaping of Irish Cultural Identities -- (Róisín Blunnie, Dublin City University, Ireland)21. James Joyce and the Study of the Bible -- (Geert Lernout, University of Antwerp, Belgium)Index

The twenty-one essays and the superb framing introduction in this collection consider all aspects of how the Bible has shaped and been shaped by various communities in Ireland from 500 CE to the early twentieth century.