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Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon verse : becoming the chosen people
- Title
- Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon verse : becoming the chosen people / Samantha Zacher.
- Author
- Zacher, Samantha, 1973-
- Publication
- London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- xxi, 189 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- "Through innovative close-readings of surviving manuscripts, this book explores how early Anglo-Saxon poetry adapted Biblical narratives to construct and disseminate a coherent Anglo-Saxon cultural identity"--
- Series Statement
- New directions in religion and literature
- Uniform Title
- New directions in religion and literature.
- Subjects
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
- Jews in literature
- RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture
- Christian poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism
- English poetry > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism
- Bible and literature
- RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts
- Bible > In literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-180) and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: The Bible as Literature in Anglo-Saxon England \ 1. Reading and Rewriting the Bible in Anglo-Saxon England \ 2. Reconstructing the Ethnogenetic Myths of the Hebrews in Exodus \ 3. Daniel and the Theme of translatio electionis \ 4. Reading Religious, Racial, and Ethnic Difference in Judith \ 5. Conclusion \ Bibliography \ Index.
- Call Number
- JFD 14-1807
- ISBN
- 9781441134776 (hardback)
- 1441134778 (hardback)
- 9781441185600 (paperback)
- 1441185607 (paperback)
- 9781441150936 (epub) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013031144
- OCLC
- 863043712
- Author
- Zacher, Samantha, 1973- author.
- Title
- Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon verse : becoming the chosen people / Samantha Zacher.
- Publisher
- London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New directions in religion and literatureNew directions in religion and literature.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-180) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFD 14-1807