The Heliand: The Saxon Gospel [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

 
9780195073768: The Heliand: The Saxon Gospel [Lingua Inglese]

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A spirited retelling of the Gospel story in a Germanic setting, the ninth-century A.D. Old Saxon epic poem The Heliand is at last available in English in Ronald Murphy's graceful new translation. Representing the first full integration and poetic reworking of the Gospel story into Northern European warrior imagery and culture, the poem finds a place for many Old Northern religious concepts and images while remaining faithful to the orthodox Christian teaching of the Gospel of St. Mark. Accessible to students of medieval and comparative literature, Murphy's introduction and notes provide valuable insight and a cultural context for this unique masterpiece.

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'it provides a fascinating insight into a world of which we knew little, assisted by Murphy's Introduction and footnotes ... Besides its fascination, the book raises many hermeneutical issues for the modern reader of the Gospels.'The Expository Times

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Author of The Saxon Savior (OUP 1989)

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9780195073751: The Heliand: The Saxon Gospel [Lingua Inglese]

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ISBN 10:  0195073754 ISBN 13:  9780195073751
Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1992
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