‘Exodus’ and the Battle in the Sea
The transitus — the crossing of the Red Sea — is beyond question the central episode of the Old English Exodus poem. Like other episodes of that difficult work, it presents several very curious features which have long been the subject of scholarly attention. One such feature is that the Israelites,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
1972
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Traditio
Year: 1972, Volume: 28, Pages: 119-140 |
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| Summary: | The transitus — the crossing of the Red Sea — is beyond question the central episode of the Old English Exodus poem. Like other episodes of that difficult work, it presents several very curious features which have long been the subject of scholarly attention. One such feature is that the Israelites, mustered in their divisions on the shore of the Red Sea, are described as beginning to move forward into the sea as if they were going into a battle. Not only the direction of this readiness to fight but the readiness itself seems incongruous: their enemies are behind them and not in front; in well known fact the Israelites are fleeing from the Egyptians. |
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| ISSN: | 2166-5508 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0362152900011508 |