Perspectives on the Old Saxon Heliand : Introductory and Critical Essays, with an Edition of the Leipzig Fragment
by Pakis, Valentine A.Edition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2010-05-01
Publisher(s): West Virginia Univ Pr
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Summary
Heliand, the Old Saxon poem based on the life of Christ in the Gospels, is now readily available to students of Anglo-Saxon culture, history, linguistics, literature, and religion. In Perspectives on the Old Saxon Heliand, Valentine Pakis brings together recent scholarship to address new turns in the field and engage with relevant academic arguments of the both text and culture, this volume reflects the current state of medieval studies while demonstrating its evolution since the 1970s. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Introductions to the Heliand and its Language | |
| The Historical Setting of the Heliand, the Poem, and the Manuscripts | p. 3 |
| The Old Saxon Heliand | p. 34 |
| An Overview of Old Saxon Linguistics, 1992-2008 | p. 63 |
| The Diatessaronic Tradition | |
| The Parable of the Fisherman in the Heliand: The Old Saxon Version of Matthew 13:47-50 | p. 93 |
| (Un)Desirable Origins: The Heliand and the Gospel of Thomas | p. 120 |
| Orality and Narrative Tradition | |
| Was the Heliand Poet Illiterate? | p. 167 |
| The Hatred of Enemies: Germanic Heroic Poetry and the Narrative Design of the Heliand | p. 208 |
| The Portrayal of the Jews in the Heliand | |
| The Jews in the Heliand | p. 237 |
| Jesus Christ between Jews and Heathens: The Germanic Mission and the Portrayal of Christ in the Old Saxon Heliand | p. 254 |
| The Discovery of the Leipzig Fragment (2006) | |
| A New Heliand Fragment from the Leipzig University Library | p. 281 |
| Plates | |
| Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Thomas 4073 (MS), outer side | p. 303 |
| Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Thomas 4073 (MS), inner side | p. 304 |
| Works Cited | p. 305 |
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