IMC 2006: Sessions
Session 1601: Doing it by the Book: Old English Biblical Verse
Thursday 13 July 2006, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto |
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| Organiser: | Andy Orchard, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto |
| Moderator/Chair: | Andy Orchard, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto |
| Paper 1601-a | The Intertextuality of Genesis B (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Old English, Literacy and Orality |
| Paper 1601-b | Allegorical Transactions in the Old English Exodus (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Old English, Literacy and Orality |
| Paper 1601-c | In the Lion's Den: Prophecy and Punishment in the Old English Daniel (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Old English, Literacy and Orality |
| Abstract | The Bible was the staple text of Anglo-Saxon England; but it also provided inspiration for some of its earliest and most enduring verse. Latin biblical poetry was widely taught in Anglo-Saxon schools, and here we explore the various ways in which Anglo-Saxons sought to render the Bible into the traditional and inherited vernacular vehicle of Old English verse. The papers focus on three of the major surviving Old English biblical poems, all preserved in the so so-called Junius manuscript, itself one of the four major surviving poetic codices, and offer individually and collectively important insights into an under-appreciated genre of Old English verse. |