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This is an extended study of the Old Testament poems of the Junius collection as a group. The circumstances surrounding their composition and transmission are mysterious: none is ascribed to a named author and none situated even relatively within the development of Anglo-Saxon Christian poetry. This book seeks to breach this critical impasse by allowing the biblical content of the Junius poems to tell its own story. Paul G. Remley compares them with genuine early medieval texts that are most likely to have circulated in Anglo-Saxon centres, and sets out the full range of variants. He offers engaging exercises in hermeneutic and reader-response criticism. The introductory chapter reviews five centuries of Anglo-Saxon history. All citations of Old English, Latin, and Greek texts are accompanied by modern English translations, making the book accessible to general readers as well as specialists.

English poetry --- Christian poetry, English (Old) --- History and criticism --- Bible --- Bible. --- Genesis (Anglo Saxon poem) --- Exodus (Anglo Saxon poem) --- Daniel (Anglo Saxon poem) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- History --- History of Biblical events --- Poetry --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- 820 "06/10" --- 82-14 --- -English poetry --- -English literature --- Engelse literatuur--?"06/10" --- Lyriek. Minnezang. Religieuze poëzie. Lied --- -Engelse literatuur--?"06/10" --- 82-14 Lyriek. Minnezang. Religieuze poëzie. Lied --- 820 "06/10" Engelse literatuur--?"06/10" --- -82-14 Lyriek. Minnezang. Religieuze poëzie. Lied --- Caedmon manuscript --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Poetry. --- Biblia --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism --- Christian poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- Genesis (Anglo-Saxon poem) --- Exodus (Anglo-Saxon poem) --- Daniel (Anglo-Saxon poem)