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Old English Biblical Verse: Studies in Genesis, Exodus and Daniel (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England) by Paul G. Remley

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Old English Biblical Verse: Studies in Genesis, Exodus and Daniel (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England) Paul G. Remley
Language: English
Page: 496
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0521032806, 9780511553004
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"...this study is a model of literary research. With its critical summary of previous studies and its judicious, incisive, and pioneering insights, it is certain to generate further research....Excellent translations help make this scholarly work stimulating reading for expert and layperson alike." J.H.Sims, Choice

"Old English Biblical Verse is not only an excellent scholarly study of a difficult book of texts but also an introduction to the treasures that the intersection of these two cultures brought forth." Gerald J. Russello, Christianity and Literature

"...there is much to learn from the collateral material in this book...." A. D. Doane, Jrnl of English & Germanic Philology

"This careful work provokes important questions in various fields and should prove invaluable not only for continued source study but also for many other forms of literary, historical, and religious scholarship." Susan M. Kim, Journal of Religion

Book Description

This is the first extended study of the Old Testament poems of the Junius collection as a group. The circumstances of their composition and transmission are mysterious. Remley seeks to breach this impasse by allowing the biblical content of the poems to tell its own story. He compares them with other early medieval texts, and sets out the full range of variants. He engages in hermeneutic and reader-response criticism. The introductory chapter reviews five centuries of Anglo-Saxon history. All citations have modern English translations.