{"product_id":"old-english-literature-and-the-old-testament-paperback-softback-9781442626805","title":"Old English Literature and the Old Testament (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442626805","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOld English Literature and the Old Testament\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Fox (Edited by), Manish Sharma (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442626805\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e408 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.1 x 2.7 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e‘Highly recommended’ - M. Aaij (Choice Magazine; vol 50:01:2012)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eOld English Literature and the Old Testament\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eInterrogationes Sigewulfi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGenesis A\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDaniel\u003c\/em\u003e, each ultimately speaks to the vernacular corpus as a whole, suggesting approaches and methodologies for further study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePART ONE: The Old Testament and Old English Prose\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u0026amp;AElig;lfric’s \u003cem\u003eInterrogationes Sigewulfi\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Michael Fox (University of Alberta)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u0026amp;AElig;lfric’s \u003cem\u003eJudith by\u003c\/em\u003e Paul Szarmach (The Medieval Academy of America)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCircumscribing the Text: Views on Circumcision in Old English Literature \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Samantha Zacher (Cornell University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART TWO: The Old Testament and the Poems of the Junius Manuscript\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eGenesis A\u003c\/em\u003e ad litteram \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Charles D. Wright (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Economy of the Word in the Old English \u003cem\u003eExodus\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Manish Sharma (Concordia University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eDaniel\u003c\/em\u003e and the Dew-Laden Wind: Sources and Structures \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Phyllis Portnoy (University of Manitoba)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART THREE: The Old Testament and Other Poems \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eRex regum et Cyninga cyning\u003c\/em\u003e: “Speaking Hebrew” in Cynewulf’s \u003cem\u003eElene \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Damian Fleming (Indiana University, Purdue University Fort Wayne)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe City as Speaker of the Old Testament in \u003cem\u003eAndreas \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Robin Waugh (Wilfrid Laurier University)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e“Cyningas sigefÆste Þurh God”: Contributions from Anglo-Saxon England to Early Advocacy for \u0026amp;Oacute;lÁfr Haraldsson \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Russell Poole (University of Western Ontario)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHappiness and the Psalms \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Stephen Harris (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e‘The Old English Kentish Psalm and Polysystems Theory \u003cem\u003eby\u003c\/em\u003e Jane Toswell (University of Western Ontario)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588161237272,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/old-english-literature-and-the-old-testament-paperback-softback-9781442626805","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}