The Old English Version of the Gospels: v.1 (Early English Text Society Original Series) - Hardcover

Liuzza, R. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197223060 ISBN 13: 9780197223062

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994

Synopsis

This edition, based on a new examination of the manuscript evidence, is the first modern critical edition of the Old English translation of the Latin gospels, one of the most fascinating achievements of the later Anglo-Saxon period. The text has been designed to offer readers and scholars a better understanding of the nature of the translation, a clearer view of the relations between the textual traditions, and a more faithful representation of the style and format of the manuscripts. The introduction contains a description of all surviving manuscripts and fragments of the text, a discussion of the origins and relationships of the manuscripts, and a statement of editorial policy. This text should have relevance for scholars and students of Old English language and literature, Christianity, culture, and early history.

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Review

"This will be the standard edition of the Old English Gospels for the forseeable future."--Journal of Biblical Literature..".Liuzza is certainly to be congratulated on an auspicious beginning of an important scholarly project - literary scholars and historians interested in OE Christian literature and culture will be grateful for this volume and will anticipate with real interest the volume of commentary which is forthcoming."--Bryn Mawr Medieval Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0197223060
• ISBN 13: 9780197223062
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280