tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post5707509919997017140..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: 'Open wæs þæt eorðærn': the Harrowing of HellClerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-84749009509485809912017-04-17T03:34:30.990+01:002017-04-17T03:34:30.990+01:00Thank you, indeed (two Easters later)!
Some of th...Thank you, indeed (two Easters later)!<br /><br />Some of the imagery already had me wondering, when I reached the two occurrences of 'Eala': what connection might this poem have with the O Antiphon adaptations earlier in the Exeter Book?<br /><br />And 'ac þa locu feollan' ('but the locks fell apart') reminded me, but by way of dramatic contrast, of Grendal's arrive Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-18699638777966538102017-04-15T20:05:08.577+01:002017-04-15T20:05:08.577+01:00Replying to Fr. Christopher — just to problematize...Replying to Fr. Christopher — just to problematize your question, 'Hell' is a word with its roots in Norse pagan theology and Old Germanic: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hell <br /><br />To that end, Hell in Old English potentially isn't all that different from using Hades.<br /><br />The use of Hades in place of Hell for translations of Sheol reflects both a difference intetracontadigonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-3810769945141849632016-03-26T18:48:50.974+00:002016-03-26T18:48:50.974+00:00Thank you for this most wonderful post.Thank you for this most wonderful post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-57731178342693171692015-04-06T18:28:10.214+01:002015-04-06T18:28:10.214+01:00Great post!
Thank you for taking the time to wr...Great post! <br /><br />Thank you for taking the time to write. I just recently came across your blog while searching for information on Godric of Finchale and his hymn to St. Nicholas. <br /><br />I have a question for you. Do you know if early English-speaking theologians distinguished between Hades and Hell (i.e. the place of the dead and the place of eternal torment)? <br /><br />As you Fr. Christopher R. Maciolekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292621055556222610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-78225499546344454402015-04-05T00:25:50.548+01:002015-04-05T00:25:50.548+01:00What a perfect, wonderful surprise to encounter to...What a perfect, wonderful surprise to encounter today!<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com