The Celtic Heroic Age
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A new fourth edition of an invaluable collection of literary sources, all in translation, for Celtic Europe and early Ireland and Wales. schovat popis
John D. Koch Livres
John T. Koch est un éminent universitaire américain dont les travaux plongent en profondeur dans les études celtiques, avec un accent particulier sur la préhistoire et le haut Moyen Âge. Ses recherches approfondies éclairent les anciennes langues, littératures et histoires irlandaises et galloises. Koch explore les origines et l'évolution des langues et cultures celtiques, son érudition couvrant un large éventail de sujets, de l'analyse linguistique à l'interprétation historique. Ses enquêtes remontent aux premières traces écrites et linguistiques, cherchant à reconstruire l'identité celtique primitive et ses connexions atlantiques.
Beyond the Aegean, some of the earliest written records of Europe come from the south-west, what is now southern Portugal and south-west Spain. Herodotus, the 'Father of History', locates the Keltoi or 'Celts' in this region, as neighbours of the Kunetes of the Algarve. He calls the latter the 'westernmost people of Europe'.
John D. Koch, Jr. explores the current debates surrounding the relationship between the distinction between law and gospel and the doctrine of justification by faith as they are being discussed among various theological traditions. In addition, he shows how a certain commitment to the centrality of the distinction between law and gospel can overcome linguistic and cultural differences as seen in the sympathetic reading of the American Lutheran, Gerhard O. Forde, and German Lutheran, Oswald Bayer. Using their theology as a guide, the author looks at the various criticisms levied by the Roman Catholic Church, the Finnish Lutheran School, the New Perspective on Paul, and other contemporary voices of dissent. This work is of interest to anyone dealing with the 20th century background of the current discussions surrounding this „article upon which the church stands or falls.“