I'm happy for the information, and hopefully this information will help as I (and we, the community of Anglo-Saxonists) continue to formulate an understanding of the context for the Staffordshire Hoard.
Friday, October 30, 2009
More on the Staffordshire Hoard and Psalm 67:2...
This is just a quick update on the ideas I posted here. Earlier this week, I received an email from Dr. Jane Roberts that provides a bit more contextual understanding of the Life of Guthlac and psalm usage. In the email, Roberts observes: "Felix is using the Evagrian life of Anthony in structuring the demonic attacks and that the psalm is often used by Anthony to repel demons." I would like at some point to compare the two accounts (I've been reading some of the Lives of Anthony in a seminar on early monasticism this semester), and no doubt this avenue would allow for some further insights.
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B. Hawk, sorry to use the comments section to ask you a question, but I see that you have study interest in Old Norse and I hope that you might be able to solve a mystery for me. Many years ago I believe I was reading the footnotes to a Borges work of some kind, and there was a reference to what I believe was an Old Norse epic. The quoted passage said something like, "I will drive my arrows through the mast post, for I am no King" (or some such thing), wherein the warrior was claiming remarkable strength of bow, despite, or even because he was not a King. Those years ago I believe I succeeded in locating the passage, but alas my research is lost.
Does it ring any bells for you? Or could you recommend someone who might know?
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