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BIBLICAL EPICS IN LATE ANTIQUITY AND ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND: DIVINA IN LAUDE VOLUNTAS This page intentionally left blank Biblical Epics in Late Antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England Divina in Laude Voluntas PATRICK MCBRINE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Toronto Buffalo London © University of Toronto Press 2017 Toronto Buffalo London www.utppublishing.com Printed in the U.S.A. ISBN 978-0-8020-9853-5 Printed on acid-free, 100% post-consumer recycled paper with vegetable-based inks. Toronto Anglo-Saxon Studies Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication McBrine, Patrick, 1974–, author Biblical epics in late antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England : divina in laude voluntas / Patrick McBrine. (Toronto Anglo-Saxon series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8020-9853-5 (cloth) 1. Epic poetry, Latin – History and criticism. 2. Christian poetry, Latin – History and criticism. 3. Christianity and literature – England – History – To 1500. 4. Bible – Criticism, interpretation, etc. – History – Middle Ages, 600–1500. 5. Bible – In literature. I. Title. II. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon series PA6053.M33 2017 873.009 C2017-900056-X This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario. Funded by the Financé par le Government gouvernement of Canada du Canada For my wife, Caroline, and for Kieran, Ellie, and William This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface ix Abbreviations xi 1 Introduction 3 2 Juvencus’ Euangeliorum Libri Quattuor (c. 330 CE) 22 3 Cyprianus’ Heptateuch (c. 400–425 CE) 57 4 Sedulius’ Carmen Paschale (c. 425–450 CE) 93 5 Avitus’ Historia Spiritalis (c. 500 CE) 124 6 Arator’s Historia Apostolica (c. 544 CE) 173 7 Reading Biblical Epics in Anglo-Saxon England: Aldhelm, Bede, Alcuin 210 8 Old English Biblical Verse: Genesis A, Genesis B, Exodus 270 9 Conclusion 347 Appendix 1: Outline of the Carmen Paschale 353 Appendix 2: Miracles in Book One of the Carmen Paschale 356 Bibliography 357 Index 379 This page intentionally left blank
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