Description |
xii, 129 pages ; 21 cm. |
ISBN |
9780195060423 hardback |
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0195060423 hardback |
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9780195097207 paperback |
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0195097203 paperback |
Note |
Originally published: 1989. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-129). |
Contents |
A German Christ? -- Jesus is Drohtin -- Birth and doom -- Peter's longboat -- The lord of the Runes -- The final battle : captivam duxit captivitatem. |
Note |
Chiefly in English; text of Heliand in Old Saxon, with English translation |
Summary |
"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 reexpressed 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 Heliand author in undertaking this enormous and brilliantly realized poetic task"--Back cover. |
Series |
Oxford paperbacks.
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Library Class |
German C86
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Subject |
Jesus Christ.
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Heliand.
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Old Saxon language -- Texts.
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Theology -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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Civilization, Medieval, in literature.
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Alt Title |
Saxon saviour
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