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Geinemain Eóin Baisti
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Medieval Irish translation of the De decollatione Johannis Baptistae, a section in the Legenda aurea concerning the conception of John the Baptist. The text is imperfect.
John the Baptist
How Samson slew the Gesteda
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NehemiahNehemiah
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Late Middle Irish tale in which Jewish traditions about Samson are combined with Greek traditions about the Trojans. Ferann na nGeisteda, the homeland of the pagan Gesteda in the tale, has been identified as a reference to the Land of Goshen in Egypt.
Late Middle IrishSamsonGeistedaCainnill ... king of the Geisteda
Irish treatise on the twelve apostles (genealogy, appearance, death)
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An Irish treatise on the Twelve Apostles, their genealogies, their personal appearances (chiefly hair and beards), their deaths and their burial places.
Middle IrishTwelve Apostles
Solomon and the power of women
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Early Irish reworking of I Esdras, III ch. 3-4, with Solomon, king of the Greeks, and Nemiasserus replacing Darius and Zorobabel (Zerubbabel).
Late Old IrishEarly Middle IrishNemiasserusSolomon ... king of the Greeks
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