TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fox,Michael
AU  - Sharma,Manish
TI  - Old English literature and the Old Testamentedited by Michael Fox and Manish Sharma
T2  - Toronto Anglo-Saxon series
SN  - 9781442664296
AV  - PR173 .O434 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Toronto [Ont.
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - In literature
KW  - English literature
KW  - Old English, ca. 450-1100
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Christian literature, English (Old)
KW  - Christianity and literature
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - "It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of the Bible in the medieval world. For the Anglo-Saxons, literary culture emerged from sustained and intensive biblical study. Further, at least to judge from the Old English texts which survive, the Old Testament was the primary influence, both in terms of content and modes of interpretation. Though the Old Testament was only partially translated into Old English, recent studies have shown how completely interconnected Anglo-Latin and Old English literary traditions are; Old English Literature and the Old Testament considers the importance of the Old Testament from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, from comparative to intertextual and historical. Though the essays focus on individual works, authors, or trends, including the Interrogationes Sigewulfi, Genesis A, and Daniel, each ultimately speaks to the vernacular corpus as a whole, suggesting approaches and methodologies for further study."--Pub. desc
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