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

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

G. Ronald Murphy
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This study is an interpretation and appreciation of the art of the Heliand, the 9th century Saxon epic poem in which the Christian Gospel of the four evangelists is translated in Germanic terms. Murphy examines in detail the ingenious and sensitive poetic analogies through which familiar texts--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 unknown author in undertaking this enormous and brilliantly realized poetic task.
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Release
January 19, 1995
ISBN
0195097203
ISBN 13
9780195097207

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

G. Ronald Murphy
4/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This study is an interpretation and appreciation of the art of the Heliand, the 9th century Saxon epic poem in which the Christian Gospel of the four evangelists is translated in Germanic terms. Murphy examines in detail the ingenious and sensitive poetic analogies through which familiar texts--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 unknown author in undertaking this enormous and brilliantly realized poetic task.
Language
English
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Release
January 19, 1995
ISBN
0195097203
ISBN 13
9780195097207

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