Genesis (Old English poem)

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Genesis (Old English poem) is an Old English alliterative retelling of the biblical Book of Genesis, preserved in the Junius Manuscript and notable for its poetic adaptation of creation and early biblical narratives.

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instanceOf Old English poem
alliterative verse
biblical paraphrase
alsoKnownAs Genesis A and B
approximateDate 10th century
basedOn Book of Genesis
containedIn Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11
dateWritten early medieval period
genre biblical epic
religious poetry
hasPart Genesis A
linked to: Genesis A and B

Genesis B
language Old English
literaryPeriod Anglo-Saxon literature
manuscriptLocation Bodleian Library, Oxford
linked to: Bodleian Library
meter Old English alliterative meter
narrativeSource Vulgate Bible
linked to: Vulgate
notableFor Germanic heroic coloring of biblical narratives
elaborate portrayal of the Fall of the angels
extended account of the temptation and Fall
poetic adaptation of biblical material
partOf Junius Manuscript
possiblyTranslatedFrom Old Saxon poem
preservedIn Junius Manuscript
region Anglo-Saxon England
religiousTradition Christianity
retells Abraham narratives
Cain and Abel story
Fall of Man
linked to: The Fall of Man

Isaac and Jacob narratives
Lot narrative
Noah and the Flood
linked to: The Flood

Tower of Babel
creation narrative
scholarlyField Old English studies
script Insular minuscule
linked to: Insular script
sharesManuscriptWith Christ and Satan (Old English poem)
Daniel (Old English poem)
Exodus (Old English poem)
studiedIn medieval English literature
subject Old Testament
creation
divine providence
sin and redemption
verseForm alliterative verse
writtenIn West Saxon dialect (standardized form)

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Anglo-Saxon literature notableWork Genesis (Old English poem)
Junius Manuscript containsWork Genesis (Old English biblical poem)
linked to: Genesis (Old English poem)