Daniel (Old English poem)

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Daniel (Old English poem) is an Old English alliterative verse retelling of the biblical Book of Daniel, notable for its Christian moral themes and place within the corpus of Anglo-Saxon religious poetry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Old English poem ⓘ
alliterative verse ⓘ
biblical paraphrase ⓘ
religious poem ⓘ
adaptationType retelling ⓘ
basedOn Book of Daniel ⓘ
biblicalBookAdapted Book of Daniel ⓘ
containsCharacter Abednego ⓘ
Daniel (biblical figure) ⓘ
Meshach ⓘ
Nebuchadnezzar ⓘ
linked to: Nebuchadnezzar II

Shadrach ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
didacticFocus Christian ethical instruction ⓘ
focusesOnEvent Dreams of Nebuchadnezzar ⓘ
Fiery furnace episode ⓘ
form alliterative verse ⓘ
genre biblical poetry ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
literaryCategory Old English biblical poetry ⓘ
Old English religious poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement Anglo-Saxon Christian poetry ⓘ
literaryTradition Anglo-Saxon literature ⓘ
Old English literature ⓘ
meter Old English alliterative meter ⓘ
moralPurpose didactic ⓘ
narrativeSource Old Testament ⓘ
originalAudience Christian Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
partOf corpus of Anglo-Saxon religious poetry ⓘ
corpus of Old English biblical verse ⓘ
period Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
script Latin alphabet ⓘ
stylisticFeature alliteration ⓘ
formulaic diction ⓘ
traditional heroic style applied to biblical material ⓘ
theme Christian morality ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
faith under persecution ⓘ
kingship and authority ⓘ
obedience to God ⓘ
pride and its punishment ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ

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