Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse: Becoming the Chosen People

by Samantha Zacher

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441185607
• ISBN13: 9781441185600
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"