Old Testament Legends
Old Testament Legends
From a Greek Poem on Genesis and Exodus by Georgios Chumnos
F. H. Marshall
April 2016
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First published in 1925, this book provides a selection from a previously unpublished work on Genesis and Exodus by the Medieval Greek poet Georgios Chumnos. The selection was taken from a British Museum manuscript, and illustrations from this manuscript are included. The text is presented in the original Greek, alongside a facing-page English metrical translation. A detailed editorial introduction, notes and a glossary are also provided. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Medieval Greek poetry and European literature.
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April 2016Paperback
9781316509630
204 pages
203 × 128 × 14 mm
0.25kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Adam and Eve expelled from paradise. They sign a bond for the devil and take refuge in the cave of Nevron
- 2. Cain's act of murder detected. The curse laid upon him. The burial of Abel
- 3. Cain shot by the blind Lamech
- 4. Promise of the oil of mercy. Seth's journey to paradise in quest thereof. Death of Adam
- 5. Enoch inscribes the story of the creation on marble tablets
- 6. The conversion of Abram
- 7. Abraham, Sarah and the king of Canaan
- 8. How Abraham was sent to Melchisedek
- 9. Abraham entertains the three young travellers. Miracle of the calf
- 10. The assault upon Lot's house. The miracle of the flame. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
- 11. The purification of Lot
- 12. Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites. He throws himself on his mother Rachel's tomb
- 13. Birth of Moses. His ordeal before Pharaoh
- 14. Death of Moses and his burial on Sinai
- Notes on the Greek text
- Glossary.
