The Economy of Property and Prosperity in Daniel of the Old English Junius Manuscript: A View on the Poem’s Syncretism

• Authors: Olesiejko, Jacek

Abstracts

EN

The heroic economy of treasure subtends both the treasure plundered from the temple in Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and the political structure of Babylon in the Old English Daniel. The golden idol that Nebuchadnezzar erects is a sign of the worldly glory and wealth that generates the flow of goods in the heroic economy of exchange of honour. The aim of the paper is to argue that the Daniel poet makes a contrast between the secular flow of treasure, at the foundation of Nebuchadnezzar’s power, and the divine economy of grace, at the centre of the covenant between the Hebrews and God.

Keywords

EN

Old English Daniel; Old English biblical verse; Old English poetry; Anglo- Saxon England; Beowulf

• Publisher: Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 29/1
• Pages: 5-27

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Olesiejko, Jacek

Identifiers

DOI

10.7311/0860-5734.29.1.01

Biblioteka Nauki

888829