{"product_id":"water-and-fire-9780719063985","title":"Water and Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of Noah's Flood is one of the Bible's most popular stories, and other flood myths are preserved by cultures across the world. This book presents the first comprehensive study of the incorporation of the Flood myth into the literary and historical imagination of the Anglo-Saxons, ranging from the works of Bede to Beowulf. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This is a fine and highly rewarding book for students of Saxon literature, history, and culture and those interested in religious myth and Christian thought.’\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Cubitt, University of York , Journal of British Studies, Vol. 49, No. 1\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1.  ‘You see the water, you see the wood’: The Bible and the Fathers \u003cbr\u003e2. A Manifold Mystery: Bede on the Flood\u003cbr\u003e3. Learning the lesson of the Flood\u003cbr\u003e4. Flood, Covenant and Apocalypse in Old English Poetry \u003cbr\u003e5. Planting Noah’s Seed \u003cbr\u003e6. Beowulf and the Myth of the Flood \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884268761431,"sku":"9780719063985","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/water-and-fire-9780719063985","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}