Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 2571
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Hill , Thomas D.
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  • Title: Pilate's Visionary Wife and the Innocence of Eve: An Old Saxon Source for the Old English "Genesis B" [The author argues that the "Genesis B" poet tells the story of the Fall according to Germanic literary tradition. Because Eve needs to be innocent, the poet adapted an episode from the "Heliand" concerning Pilate's wife's vision. Thus Eve ensares her husband thinking that she is being given special visions of God. Title note from Feminae.].
  • Source: JEGP: Journal of English and Germanic Philology 101, 2 (April 2002): Pages 170 - 184.
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Eve (Biblical figure) in Literature Fall of Humankind in Literature Genesis B, Old English Poem Heliand, Old Saxon Poem Literature- Verse Procula, Dame, Wife of Pontius Pilate (Literary Figure) Sources Visions in Literature Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 9-10
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  • Author's Affiliation: Cornell University
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  • Year of Publication: 2002.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 03636941