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An anthology of German literature

by Calvin Thomas

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VI | The Old Saxon Genesis

A fragment, or rather several fragments, of a poetic version of Genesis, contemporary with the Heliand and possibly by the same author. They were discovered at the Vatican Library in 1894 and comprise in all 337 lines. The translation is by Vetter, Die neuentdeckte deutsche Bibeldichtung, 1895.

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