Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	1519
Title	New Readings in Old English Biblical Poetry
Date/Time	Thursday 7 July 2022: 09.00-10.30
Organiser	Daniel Anlezark, Department of English, University of Sydney
	Emma Knowles, Department of English, University of Sydney
Moderator/Chair	Daniel Anlezark, Department of English, University of Sydney
Paper 1519-a	Old English Biblical Poetry and the Boundaries of Genre (Language: English) Francisco J. Rozano-García, School of English & Creative Arts, University of Galway Index Terms: Biblical Studies; Language and Literature - Old English
Paper 1519-b	Breaking the Boundaries of Creation: The Great Flood in Genesis A (Language: English) Joseph St John, Department of English, University of Malta Index Terms: Biblical Studies; Language and Literature - Old English
Paper 1519-c	Urban Wilderness: The Danger of Community in Old English Biblical Poetry (Language: English) Emma Knowles, Department of English, University of Sydney Index Terms: Biblical Studies; Language and Literature - Old English
Abstract	Old English biblical poetry offers a rich and varied corpus of interpretations of the biblical text from early medieval England. This poetry navigates positions across a series of borders; it is teaching tool and literary text, repetition and revision, religious and heroic. In this panel we bring together a series of innovative new readings of Old English biblical literature all connected by the concept of boundaries. The borders of the genre itself will be interrogated, as will the connections between creation and destruction, earth and hell, and city and wilderness.