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Die Bibelepik hat die lateinische ebenso wie die volkssprachliche Literatur Europas von der Spätantike bis ins 18. Jahrhundert mitgeprägt, in der Literaturgeschichtsschreibung aber erst in jüngerer Vergangenheit gebührende Aufmerksamkeit und besseres Verständnis gefunden.Die Bibeldichtung des Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus aus der Zeit um 500 n. Chr. gilt vielen als die schönste lateinische Blüte dieser Gattung. Sie erzählt in fünf Büchern von Ereignissen aus dem Alten Testament: Schöpfung, Sündenfall und Vertreibung aus dem Paradies, die Sintflut und der Auszug aus Ägypten werden in der Tradition des antiken Epos mit packenden Bildern künstlerisch sehr eigenständig gestaltet und im Lichte christlicher Bibelexegese gedeutet.Diese Ausgabe stellt das faszinierende Werk erstmals in einer deutschen Gesamtübersetzung vor. The biblical poetry of Avitus of Vienne narrates the events of the Old Testament in five books: the creation, the fall of man, banishment from the Garden of Eden, the flood myth and the Exodus. It presents them in a unique artistic style with gripping images and interprets them in the light of Christian biblical exegesis. This volume presents the beautiful Latin blossoming of epic biblical poetry in a full German translation for the first time.

LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. --- Biblical poetry. --- epic. --- late antiquity. --- Christianity and other religions. --- Christianity and other religions --- Christianity --- Syncretism (Christianity) --- Religions --- Relations --- History --- Bible. --- Poetry

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Medieval England had a thriving culture of rewriting the Bible in art, drama, and literature in Latin, French and English. Middle English biblical poetry was central to this culture, and although these poems have suffered from critical neglect, sometimes dismissed as mere 'paraphrase', they are rich, innovative and politically engaged. Read in the same gentry and noble households as secular romance, biblical poems borrow and adapt romance plots and motifs, present romance-inflected exotic settings, and share similar concerns: reputation, order, family and marriage.

This book explores six poems from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries that retell episodes from the Old Testament: the ballad-like 'Iacob and Iosep', two lives of 'Adam and Eve'; an alliterative version of the Susanna story, the 'Pistel of Susan'; and the Gawain-poet's 'Patience' and 'Cleanness'. Each chapter identifies new sources and influences for the poems, including from biblical glosses and manuscript illustration. The book also investigates the poems' relationships with contemporary cultures of literature and religion, including with secular romance, and offers new readings of each poem and its cultural functions, showing how they bridge the chasm between medieval Christian England and the Jews and pagans of the pre-Christian Mediterranean world. It also considers reading contexts, arguing that the poems and their manuscripts offer hints about the social class and gender of their household audiences.

Religious poetry, English (Middle) --- History and criticism. --- Bible --- In literature. --- Biblical poetry. --- Middle English literature. --- Old Testament. --- biblical retelling. --- cultural functions. --- literary analysis. --- medieval England. --- medieval narrative. --- romance.

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This volume examines for the first time the most important methodological issues concerning Christian poetry – i.e. biblical and theological poetry in classical meters – from a diachronic perspective. Thus, it is possible to evaluate the doctrinal significance of these compositions and the role that they play in the development of Christian theological ideas and biblical exegesis.

Christian poetry, Early --- Poetry --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Christian doctrines --- Christianity --- Doctrinal theology --- Doctrines, Christian --- Dogmatic theology --- Fundamental theology --- Systematic theology --- Theology, Dogmatic --- Theology, Systematic --- Theology --- Poems --- Verses (Poetry) --- Literature --- Early Christian poetry --- Christian literature, Early --- History and criticism --- Religious aspects --- History --- Doctrines --- Philosophy --- 22.08*8 --- 22 "04/14" --- 82:2 --- 22.015 --- 22.015 Bijbel: literaire kritiek; authenticiteit; bronnenstudie; Formgeschichte; Traditionsgeschichte; Redaktionsgeschichte --- Bijbel: literaire kritiek; authenticiteit; bronnenstudie; Formgeschichte; Traditionsgeschichte; Redaktionsgeschichte --- 82:2 Literatuur en godsdienst --- Literatuur en godsdienst --- 22 "04/14" Bijbel:--Middeleeuwen --- Bijbel:--Middeleeuwen --- 22.08*8 Bijbelse theologie: relatie met klassieke oudheid --- Bijbelse theologie: relatie met klassieke oudheid --- Greek-Latin poetry of late antiquity and the Middle Ages, Biblical Poetry, Biblical Exegesis, Greek-Latin doctrinal poetry. --- 30-600 --- Early Church Period --- Primitive and Early Church Period