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Author Hawk, Brandon W., author.

Title Preaching apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England / Brandon W. Hawk.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 30
Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 30.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction : seeking out gold in the mud -- 1. Homiliaries, apocrypha, and preaching networks -- 2. Apostles, Trinity, and reform in Blickling 15 -- 3. Ælfric and correct doctrine -- 4. Translating Jesus in text and image -- 5. A network microcosm in Bodley 343 -- Conclusion : mediating tradition -- Excursus on terminology -- Appendices.
Summary "Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England is the first in-depth study of Christian apocrypha focusing specifically on the use of extra-biblical narratives in Old English sermons. The work contributes to our understanding of both the prevalence and importance of apocrypha in vernacular preaching, by assessing various preaching texts from Continental and Anglo-Saxon Latin homiliaries, as well as vernacular collections like the Vercelli Book, the Blickling Book, Ælfric's Catholic Homilies and other manuscripts from the tenth through twelfth centuries. Vernacular sermons were part of a media ecology that included Old English poetry, legal documents, liturgical materials, and visual arts. Situating Old English preaching within this network establishes the range of contexts, purposes, and uses of apocrypha for diverse groups in Anglo-Saxon society: cloistered religious, secular clergy, and laity, including both men and women. Apocryphal narratives did not merely survive on the margins of culture, but thrived at the heart of mainstream Anglo-Saxon Christianity."-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Apocryphal books -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- England -- History -- To 1500.
Apocryphal books.
England.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Sermons, English (Old) -- History and criticism.
Sermons, English (Old)
England -- Church history -- 449-1066.
Church history.
Chronological Term 449-1066
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Church history.
Other Form: Print version: Hawk, Brandon W. Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2018 1487503059 (OCoLC)1004103283
ISBN 9781487516970 (electronic book)
1487516975 (electronic book)
9781487503055 (cloth)
1487503059 (cloth)