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)