{"product_id":"old-english-literature-and-the-old-testament","title":"Old English Literature and the Old Testament","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt would be difficult to overestimate the importance of the Bible in the medieval world. For the Anglo-Saxons, literary culture emerged from sustained and intensive biblical study. Further, at least to judge from the Old English texts which survive, the Old Testament was the primary influence, both in terms of content and modes of interpretation. Though the Old Testament was only partially translated into Old English, recent studies have shown how completely interconnected Anglo-Latin and Old English literary traditions are.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eOld English Literature and the Old Testament\u003c\/em\u003e considers the importance of the Old Testament from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, from comparative to intertextual and historical. Though the essays focus on individual works, authors, or trends, including the \u003cem\u003eInterrogationes Sigewulfi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGenesis A\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDaniel\u003c\/em\u003e, each ultimately speaks to the vernacular corpus as a whole, suggesting approaches and methodologies for further study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54228336902488,"sku":"9781442626805","price":41.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781442626805__67b31c0dc52a8.jpg?v=1741135250","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/old-english-literature-and-the-old-testament","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}