Old Testament Legends
From a Greek Poem on Genesis and Exodus by Georgios Chumnos
Old Testament Legends
From a Greek Poem on Genesis and Exodus by Georgios Chumnos
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781316509630
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 04/02/2016
Width: 12.8 cm
Height: 20.3 cm
First published in 1925, this book provides a selection from a previously unpublished work on Genesis and Exodus by the Medieval Greek poet Georgios Chumnos.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.
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.
