Christ B

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Christ B is an Old English religious poem traditionally grouped with the "Christ" poems of the Exeter Book, focusing on themes of Christ’s Advent and incarnation.

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Label Occurrences
Christ B canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian devotional poem ⓘ
Old English religious poem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Christ II ⓘ
associatedWith Old English Christ I ⓘ
linked to: Christ I

Old English Christ III ⓘ
audience Anglo-Saxon Christian community ⓘ
authorshipStatus anonymous ⓘ
containedIn Exeter Book anthology of Old English poetry ⓘ
linked to: Exeter Book
culturalContext Anglo-Saxon Christianity ⓘ
dateOfComposition late 9th century to 10th century (approximate) ⓘ
focusesOn Christ as savior ⓘ
Christ’s Advent ⓘ
linked to: Advent

Christ’s incarnation ⓘ
genre Christian poetry ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
literaryDevice alliteration ⓘ
biblical allusion ⓘ
parallelism ⓘ
literaryForm lyric meditation ⓘ
religious exhortation ⓘ
literaryPeriod Old English period ⓘ
linked to: Old English
manuscriptLocation Exeter Cathedral Library ⓘ
manuscriptShelfmark Exeter Book (MS 3501) ⓘ
linked to: Exeter Book
meter alliterative verse ⓘ
originallyComposedIn England ⓘ
partOf Christ poems ⓘ
Exeter Book ⓘ
poeticTradition Anglo-Saxon alliterative tradition ⓘ
preservedIn single surviving manuscript (Exeter Book) ⓘ
religiousFunction instruction in Christian doctrine ⓘ
meditation on Advent ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scripturalInfluence New Testament ⓘ
prophetic texts about the Messiah ⓘ
subjectMatter Christ’s coming to humanity ⓘ
hope for redemption ⓘ
textType verse homily ⓘ
theme Advent of Christ ⓘ
linked to: Advent

Christian eschatology ⓘ
Incarnation of Christ ⓘ
Second Coming of Christ ⓘ
divine grace ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
writtenInScript Insular minuscule ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christ II → alsoKnownAs → Christ B ⓘ