Water and fire: The myth of the flood in Anglo-Saxon EnglandManchester University Press, 2021 M06 15 - 416 páginas Noah’s Flood is one of the Bible’s most popular stories, and flood myths survive in many cultures today. This book presents the first comprehensive examination of the incorporation of the Flood myth into the Anglo-Saxon imagination. Focusing on literary representations, it contributes to our understanding of how Christian Anglo-Saxons perceived their place in the cosmos. For them, history unfolded between the primeval Deluge and a future – perhaps imminent – flood of fire, which would destroy the world. This study reveals both an imaginative diversity and shared interpretations of the Flood myth. Anglo-Saxons saw the Flood as a climactic event in God’s ongoing war with his more rebellious creatures, but they also perceived the mystery of redemption through baptism. |
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Bede on the Flood | 44 |
Bede and the Flood | 52 |
Niall and Noah | 67 |
Noah and Christ | 84 |
The Flood and the foolish giants | 99 |
Flood covenant and apocalypse in Old English | 174 |
Planting Noahs seed | 241 |
Reactions | 273 |
Conclusion | 282 |
Beowulf and the myth of the Flood | 291 |
Conclusions | 360 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Water and fire: The myth of the flood in Anglo-Saxon England Daniel Anlezark Vista previa limitada - 2018 |
Water and Fire: The Myth of the Flood in Anglo-Saxon England Daniel Anlezark Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |
Water and Fire: The Myth of the Flood in Anglo-Saxon England Daniel Anlezark Vista de fragmentos - 2006 |