The biblical poetry of Avitus of Vienne narrates the events of the Old Testament in five books: the creation, the fall of man, banishment from the Garden of Eden, the flood myth and the Exodus. It presents them in a unique artistic style with gripping images and interprets them in the light of Christian biblical exegesis. This volume presents the beautiful Latin blossoming of epic biblical poetry in a full German translation for the first time.
Bibeldichtung christliche Dichtung Epos Spätantike Biblical poetry epic late antiquity