Jabez is an unsung Biblical figure, mentioned only briefly in Chronicles. The humble prayer that he offers to God however, powerful for its simplicity, is answered and Jabez is blessed. Wilkinson, founder of the Walk Through The Bible Ministries, feels that by bringing this prayer into their lives, ... (more)

This book surveys approaches to the marvellous in hagiography, providing the first critique of Plummer’s hypothesis of Irish saga origin. It then analyses the uniquely systematized phenomena in the Life of Columba from Adomnán’s seventh-century theological perspective, identifying the coming of the ... (more)