{"product_id":"rewriting-the-old-testament-in-samantha-zacher-9781441185600","title":"Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse","description":"The Bible played a crucial role in shaping Anglo-Saxon national and cultural identity. However, access to Biblical texts was necessarily limited to very few individuals in Medieval England. In this book, Samantha Zacher explores how the very earliest English Biblical poetry creatively adapted, commented on and spread Biblical narratives and traditions to the wider population. Systematically surveying the manuscripts of surviving poems, the book shows how these vernacular poets commemorated the Hebrews as God's 'chosen people' and claimed the inheritance of that status for Anglo-Saxon England. Drawing on contemporary translation theory, the book undertakes close readings of the poems \u003ci\u003eExodus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaniel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJudith\u003c\/i\u003e in order to examine their methods of adaptation for their particular theologico-political circumstances and the way they portray and problematize Judaeo-Christian religious identities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Zacher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441185607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441185600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Samantha Zacher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066191868159,"sku":"9781441185600","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0bf79f58-b58f-4a17-baee-df6e7bd3597a.jpg?v=1685405835","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rewriting-the-old-testament-in-samantha-zacher-9781441185600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}