Overview

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.

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Author:   Michael Fox ,  Manish Sharma
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9780802098542

ISBN 10:   0802098541
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   30 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

"Introduction PART ONE: The Old Testament and Old English Prose *Aelfric's Interrogationes Sigewulfi by Michael Fox (University of Alberta) *Aelfric's Judith by Paul Szarmach (The Medieval Academy of America) * Circumscribing the Text: Views on Circumcision in Old English Literature by Samantha Zacher (Cornell University) PART TWO: The Old Testament and the Poems of the Junius Manuscript *Genesis A ad litteram by Charles D. Wright (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) * The Economy of the Word in the Old English Exodus by Manish Sharma (Concordia University) *Daniel and the Dew-Laden Wind: Sources and Structures by Phyllis Portnoy (University of Manitoba) PART THREE: The Old Testament and Other Poems *Rex regum et Cyninga cyning: ""Speaking Hebrew"" in Cynewulf's Elene by Damian Fleming (Indiana University, Purdue University Fort Wayne) * The City as Speaker of the Old Testament in Andreas by Robin Waugh (Wilfrid Laurier University) *""Cyningas sigefaeste purh God"": Contributions from Anglo-Saxon England to Early Advocacy for Olafr Haraldsson by Russell Poole (University of Western Ontario) * Happiness and the Psalms by Stephen Harris (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) *'The Old English Kentish Psalm and Polysystems Theory by Jane Toswell (University of Western Ontario)"

Reviews

'Highly recommended' -- M. Aaij Choice Magazine; vol 50:01:2012

Author Information

Michael Fox is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Alberta. Manish Sharma is an associate professor in the Department of English at Concordia University.

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