It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse by Samantha Zacher
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The Bible played a crucial role in shaping Anglo-Saxon national and cultural identity. However, access to Biblical texts was necessarily limited to very few individuals in Medieval England. In this book, Samantha Zacher explores how the very earliest English Biblical poetry creatively adapted, commented on and spread Biblical narratives and traditions to the wider population. Systematically surveying the manuscripts of surviving poems, the book shows how these vernacular poets commemorated the Hebrews as God's 'chosen people' and claimed the inheritance of that status for Anglo-Saxon England....
Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse by Samantha Zacher is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.
This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse aloud.
Rewriting the Old Testament in Anglo-Saxon Verse is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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