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The Medieval Church · c. 825–840
The Heliand
Anonymous
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What it is
The gospel retold in alliterative Germanic verse for recently conquered Saxons: Christ as a liege-lord, the disciples as his warrior band, the nativity in a hall.
Why it lasted
The boldest attempt in Christian history to translate not merely the words of the gospel but its entire social world.
Scripture it works from
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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