ABSTRACT

Taken from the same manuscript as Cynewulf, the Junius 11 poems-Genesis, Exodus, Daniel, and Christ and Satan-comprise  a series of redacted Old English works that have been  traditionally  presented as the work of Bede's Caedmon. Medieval scholars have concluded that the four poems were composed by more than one author and later edited by Junius  in 1655. All of the poems are notable for their Christian  content. Apart from its focus on the Junius 11 manuscript,  this collection of essays is also important as a study of how to read, edit, and define any medieval literary text.

chapter |19 pages

Confronting Germania Latina

Changing Responses to Old English Biblical Verse

chapter |33 pages

The Old English Epic of Redemption

The Theological Unity of MS Junius 11

chapter |16 pages

“The Old English Epic of Redemption”

Twenty-Five-Year Retrospective

chapter |20 pages

Tempter as Rhetoric Teacher

The Fall of Language in the Old English Genesis B

chapter |18 pages

Conspicuous Heroism

Abraham, Prudentius, and the Old English Verse Genesis

chapter |15 pages

The Lion Standard in Exodus

Jewish Legend, Germanic Tradition, and Christian Typology