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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