Asceticism in Old English and Syriac Soul and Body Narratives
A great deal of scholarship on Old English soul-body poetry centers on whether or not the presence of dualist elements in the poems are unorthodox in their implication that the body, as a material object, is not only wicked but seems to possess more agency in the world than the soul. I argue that th...
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MDPI AG
2020-08-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/9/3/100 |