‘Teach Us the Secret Runes’: The Lord’s Prayer in Heliand
The ninth century Heliand is a poetic retelling of the New Testament in Old Saxon, written by an anonymous monk for the purpose of confirming the conversion his fellow Saxons to the new faith. This conversion had been forced upon them by the Frankish invaders. The author adepts the story of Jesus Ch...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Sciendo, De Gruyter
2016
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Perichoresis
Year: 2016, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 39-51 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HC New Testament KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBB German language area |
| Further subjects: | B
Heliand
inculturation
cultural theology
Old Saxon (language)
the Lord’s Prayer
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |