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Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse - Becoming the Chosen People (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R1,196
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Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse - Becoming the Chosen People (Paperback, New): Samantha Zacher

Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse - Becoming the Chosen People (Paperback, New)

Samantha Zacher

Series: New Directions in Religion and Literature

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The Bible played a crucial role in shaping Anglo-Saxon national and cultural identity. However, access to Biblical texts was necessarily limited to very few individuals in Medieval England. In this book, Samantha Zacher explores how the very earliest English Biblical poetry creatively adapted, commented on and spread Biblical narratives and traditions to the wider population. Systematically surveying the manuscripts of surviving poems, the book shows how these vernacular poets commemorated the Hebrews as God's 'chosen people' and claimed the inheritance of that status for Anglo-Saxon England. Drawing on contemporary translation theory, the book undertakes close readings of the poems Exodus, Daniel and Judith in order to examine their methods of adaptation for their particular theologico-political circumstances and the way they portray and problematize Judaeo-Christian religious identities.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin: United States
Series: New Directions in Religion and Literature
Release date: December 2013
First published: 2014
Authors: Samantha Zacher
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-8560-0
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
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LSN: 1-4411-8560-7
Barcode: 9781441185600

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