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dc.contributor.authorPitts, Brent A.
dc.contributor.authorGrange, Huw R.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-04T08:59:50Z
dc.date.available2022-10-04T08:59:50Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractA silver-tongued assassin, a motherly prophetess, a consecrated strongman unable to resist the charms of foreign women: the Anglo-Norman Bible’s Book of Judges features a roll-call of unlikely heroes. At the book’s core is a cycle of saviour stories. Twelve times the Israelites embrace foreign gods, succumb to neighbouring enemies, repent and are delivered by a ‘judge’. As Israel itself descends into ever-greater religious, moral and political decay, the narrative pattern also unravels. The book ends bleakly, with stories of rape, murder and civil war. The stage is set for a king.<p> <p>Gideon-a doubting Thomas who repeatedly ‘tests’ God-and Samson-lion-killer and lover of Delilah-were firm medieval favourites. Their tales and those of other flawed judges inspired heroic deeds on the battlefield and provided lessons on how to behave (and indeed how not to behave). With its remarkable heroines, moreover-from cut-throat Jael, who wields a tent-peg to devastating effect, to Jephthah’s dignified daughter, sacrificed because of her father’s rash vow-this is a book that prompted much reflection in the Middle Ages on the place of women in society.<p> <p>The Anglo-Norman Bible’s Book of Judges survives in two fourteenth-century manuscripts: British Library Royal MS 1 C III (L), noted for its multilingual glosses, and the richly illustrated Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français 1 (P). The critical text, based on L, has been prepared by Pitts. An introduction and notes by Grange aim to elucidate and interpret the Anglo-Norman Bible’s Book of Judges for the modern reader.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPitts, Grange HR. The Anglo-Norman Bible's Book of Judges: A Critical Edition (BL Royal 1 C III). Brepols; 2022. 169 p.en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2021704
dc.identifier.doi10.1484/M.TVMA-EB.5.128853
dc.identifier.isbn9782503600116
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/26970
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrepols Publishersen_US
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dc.titleThe Anglo-Norman Bible's Book of Judges: A Critical Edition (BL Royal 1 C III)en_US
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