Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England(English, Hardcover, Hawk Brandon)

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Preaching Apocrypha in Anglo-Saxon England(English, Hardcover, Hawk Brandon) is written by Hawk Brandon and published by University of Toronto Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1487503059 (ISBN 10) and 9781487503055 (ISBN 13).

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, AElfric'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.