Heliand : Text and Commentary.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Historical Settingof the Heliand -- The Saxons -- The Early Missions -- The Arian and Moslem Threats -- The English Mission -- Charlemagne and Europe -- Charlemagne and the Saxons -- The Consolidation of Power -- Semantic Hurdles to the Task of Conversion -- The Work -- Heliand Verse -- The Dating of the Heliand and the Praefatio -- The Manuscripts -- The Fitten -- A Comparison of the 'M' vs. 'C' Manuscripts -- Excerpts from the Text of the Heliand -- Introduction -- Elizabeth's Child -- The Birth of John -- Mary's Child -- The Birth of Jesus -- Signs of Jesus' Birth -- Jesus in the Temple -- The Three Wise Men -- Herod's Threat -- The Flight to Egypt -- John the Baptist -- The Baptism of Christ -- The Tempting of Christ -- Jesus Returns to Galilee -- The Sermon on the Mount -- Admonitions -- Hearing the Sermon -- Swearing Oaths -- The Lord's Prayer -- Lilies of the Field -- Pearls Before Swine -- Bad Tree, Bad Fruit -- The Narrow Gate -- A House Upon Sand -- Lambs Among Wolves -- Entering Heaven -- Water to Wine -- Reward and Punishment -- Raising the Dead -- Calming the Storm -- The Sower and the Seed -- Interpretation -- The Wheat in the Field -- Herodia's Daughter Dances -- The Death of John -- Jesus Walks on Water -- Saint Peter's Keys -- The Transfiguration -- Fishing for Coins -- The Rich Man and Lazarus -- Workers in the Vineyard -- Going to Jerusalem -- The Blind Men -- Entering Jersalem -- A Thane's Duty -- Judgment Day -- Raising Lazarus -- Jesus as Threat -- Apocalypse -- Washing Feet -- Jesus Identifies the Betrayer -- Jesus in Gethsemane -- The Capture of Christ -- Peter Denies His Lord -- The Fate of a Bad Thane -- Pilate -- The Death of Judas -- Christ Before Pilate -- Christ Before Herod -- The Second Hearing Before Pilate -- Pilate's Offer -- Satan's Attempt and Pilate's Wife.

Pilate's Soldiers Take Jesus -- The Crucifixtion -- The Death of Jesus -- The Burial -- The Resurrection -- Commentary to the Readings -- References -- A Brief Outline of Old Saxon Grammar -- The Sound Systems of Primitive Germanic and Old Saxon -- Old Saxon Reflexes of Germanic Vowels -- Strong Noun Declension -- Weak Noun Declension -- Pronouns -- Adjective Declensions -- Comparison of Adjectives -- Adverbs -- Numerals -- Verbal Types -- Verb Conjugations -- Glossary.

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