The Saxon Savior: The Germanic Transformation of the Gospel in the Ninth-Century Heliand

by G. Ronald Murphy

2020-11-24 17:31:33

This study is an interpretation and appreciation of the art of he Heliand, the 9th century Saxon epic poem in which the Christian Gospel of the four evangelist is translated in Germanic terms. Murphy examines in detail the ingenious and sensitive poe... Read more
This study is an interpretation and appreciation of the art of he Heliand, the 9th century Saxon epic poem in which the Christian Gospel of the four evangelist is translated in Germanic terms. Murphy examines in detail the ingenious and sensitive poetic analogies through which familiartexts--the Nativity, the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes and the Lord''s Prayer, the Passion and Resurrection--are transformed into Germanic settings and concepts. The first book in English on The Heliand, this study offers a new socio-political explanation of the possible motives of the unknownauthor in undertaking this enormous and brilliantly realized poetic task. Less

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File size8.27 X 5.51 X 0.39 in
Print pages144
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date February 1, 1992
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780195097207

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