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| Caedmon's Hymn: Sort Summary |
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| Illiterate cowherd miraculously receives the gift of song |
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| Caedmon's Hymn: What is the relation to English language? |
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| Works to solidify English as a language ordained by God. |
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| Caedmon's Hymn: What are some of the things this story promotes? |
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-Promotes salvation through divine intervention
-Promotes conversion to Christianity
-Example of pre-Christian oral tradition; salvation can’t be received except through divine intervention |
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| Judith: What is a possible parable for the poem? |
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| -Served as a possible parable to enact a Rally cry against the Viking invasions. |
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| Judith: Explain the Binary between Judith and Holofernes. |
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Binaries as given by the descriptions of Judith and Holofernes
-Judith- faith in God, hero
-Holofernes- reign of things on Earth |
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