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Genesis Myth in Beowulf and Old English Biblical Poetry explores the adaptation of antediluvian Genesis and related myth in the Old Testament poems Genesis A and Genesis B, as well as in Beowulf, a secular heroic narrative.
The book explores how the Genesis poems resort to the Christian exegetical tradition and draw on secular social norms to deliver their biblically derived and related narratives in a manner relevant to their Christian Anglo-Saxon audiences. In this book it is suggested that these elements work in unison, and that the two Genesis poems function coherently in the context of the Junius 11 manuscript. Moreover, the book explores recourse to Genesis-derived myth in Beowulf, and points to important similarities between this text and the Genesis poems. It is therefore shown that while Beowulf differs from the Genesis poems in several respects, it belongs in a corpus where religious verse enjoys prominence.
Contents
List of Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Ch. 1- The Angelic Myth in Genesis A and Genesis B
Background: Angelic Creation, Rebellion, and Fall in the Christian Tradition
Angelic Creation, Rebellion, and Fall in Genesis A and Genesis B
Satan and Hell in Genesis B
Ch. 2 Creation in Genesis A and Beowulf
Literary Background
The Creation in Genesis A
The Creation in Beowulf
Ch. 3 Adam and Eve's Temptations and Transgression in the Genesis Poems
Background: Genesis B's Interpolation into Genesis A and its Approach to Biblical Versification
Temptations and Transgression in Genesis B
Confession and Expulsion in Genesis A
Ch. 4 Cain's Fratricide and Related Narratives in Genesis A and Beowulf
Literary and Exegetical Background
The Cain Myth in Genesis A
The Cain Myth in Beowulf
Ch. 5 The Great Flood in Genesis A and Beowulf
Exegetical and Literary Background
The Great Flood in Genesis A
The Drowning of the Giants in the Great Flood and its Significance in the context of Beowulf
Conclusion
Index
