‘Ac ic to þam grunde genge’: an analogue for Genesis B, line 834a

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EXPLICATOR Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI:10.1080/00144940.2022.2164169

Joseph St. John

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The Old English verse passage known as Genesis B , a translation from Old Saxon that has been preserved in the Junius 11 manuscript, 1 retells the apoc-ryphal angelic rebellion and Adam and Eve’s lapse that forms part of the Book of Genesis. The passage, which modifies its biblical source in significant ways, 2 comes to a close with Adam and Eve’s extra-biblical expression of remorse and regret immediately following their lapse, in lines 765 b-851, before God’s arrival on the scene. 3 This paper focuses on Adam’s extra-biblical expression of remorse and repentance. It proposes that the poem’s expression of this theme is influenced by Job 38.16. Allusion to this verse from the Book of Job, I argue, serves two functions. In the first place, it affirms Adam’s readiness to undergo penance. Secondly, it suggests that Adam and Eve may only be saved through Christ. This second point transpires from the Christian exegetical tradition relating to Job 38.16. I

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“Ac ic to þam grunde genge”:类似于《创世纪》第二章第834a行

被称为《创世纪》B的古英语诗歌段落，是由古撒克逊人翻译而来的，保存在朱尼厄斯11号手稿中，1重述了虚构的天使叛乱和亚当夏娃的过失，构成了《创世纪》的一部分。这一段，在很大程度上修改了它的圣经来源，以亚当和夏娃在他们的过失之后，在765 -851行，在上帝到来之前，表达的，不符合圣经的悔恨和遗憾结束。本文的重点是亚当在圣经之外对悔恨和悔改的表达。它提出诗歌对这一主题的表达受到约伯记38.16的影响。我认为，《约伯记》中对这段经文的暗示有两个作用。首先，它肯定了亚当愿意接受忏悔。其次，它暗示亚当和夏娃只能通过基督得救。第二点来自基督教关于约伯记38.16的训诂传统。我

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期刊介绍： Concentrating on works that are frequently anthologized and studied in college classrooms, The Explicator, with its yearly index of titles, is a must for college and university libraries and teachers of literature. Text-based criticism thrives in The Explicator. One of few in its class, the journal publishes concise notes on passages of prose and poetry. Each issue contains between 25 and 30 notes on works of literature, ranging from ancient Greek and Roman times to our own, from throughout the world. Students rely on The Explicator for insight into works they are studying.

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