Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England / / Brandon Hawk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ACUP Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Hawk, Brandon,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Introduction: Seeking Out Gold in the Mud --; Chapter One. Homiliaries, Apocrypha, and Preaching Networks --; Chapter Two. Apostles, Trinity, and Reform in Blickling 15 --; Chapter Three. Ælfric and Correct Doctrine --; Chapter Four. Translating Jesus in Text and Image --; Chapter Five. A Network Microcosm in Bodley 343 --; Conclusion: Mediating Tradition --; Excursus on Terminology --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; Index of Manuscripts --; General Index --; Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487516970; 9783111273631; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604184; 9783110603187; 9783110606799
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487516970
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Brandon Hawk.

Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England is the first in-depth study of Christian apocrypha focusing specifically on the use of extra-biblical narratives in Old English sermons. The work contributes to our understanding of both the prevalence and importance of apocrypha in vernacular preaching, by assessing various preaching texts from Continental and Anglo-Saxon Latin homiliaries, as well as vernacular collections like the Vercelli Book, the Blickling Book, Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies, and other manuscripts from the tenth through twelfth centuries. Vernacular sermons were part of a media ecology that included Old English poetry, legal documents, liturgical materials, and visual arts. Situating Old English preaching within this network establishes the range of contexts, purposes, and uses of apocrypha for diverse groups in Anglo-Saxon society: cloistered religious, secular clergy, and laity, including both men and women. Apocryphal narratives did not merely survive on the margins of culture, but thrived at the heart of mainstream Anglo-Saxon Christianity.