Daniel (Old English poem)
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Daniel (Old English poem) is an Old English alliterative verse retelling of the biblical Book of Daniel, notable for its Christian moral themes and place within the corpus of Anglo-Saxon religious poetry.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Daniel (Old English poem) canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old English poem
ⓘ
alliterative verse ⓘ biblical paraphrase ⓘ religious poem ⓘ |
| adaptationType | retelling ⓘ |
| basedOn | Book of Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalBookAdapted | Book of Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Abednego
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daniel (biblical figure) NERFINISHED ⓘ Meshach NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebuchadnezzar NERFINISHED ⓘ Shadrach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culture | Anglo-Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| didacticFocus | Christian ethical instruction ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent |
Dreams of Nebuchadnezzar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fiery furnace episode ⓘ |
| form | alliterative verse ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical poetry
ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ |
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory |
Old English biblical poetry
ⓘ
Old English religious poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Anglo-Saxon Christian poetry ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
Anglo-Saxon literature
ⓘ
Old English literature ⓘ |
| meter | Old English alliterative meter ⓘ |
| moralPurpose | didactic ⓘ |
| narrativeSource | Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalAudience | Christian Anglo-Saxons ⓘ |
| partOf |
corpus of Anglo-Saxon religious poetry
ⓘ
corpus of Old English biblical verse ⓘ |
| period | Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
alliteration
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formulaic diction ⓘ traditional heroic style applied to biblical material ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian morality
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divine justice ⓘ faith under persecution ⓘ kingship and authority ⓘ obedience to God ⓘ pride and its punishment ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.