‘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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| Language: | English |
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2016-10-01
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| Series: | Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/perc-2016-0009 |