OLD TESTAMENT

BACKGROUND INFO

• Written approx. 1445-425 BC
• Judaism - The Torah, first 5 books
• Originally Hebrew, Aramaic - translated into Greek
• Septuagint put together mid-3rd century BC to late 2nd century BC
• Translated into Latin in the 4th century AD - The Vulgate

BACKGROUND INFO

• The Vulgate is the version of The Bible we know today
• Earliest English translation written in the 14th century
• First Latin print in 1455 - Gutenberg Bible
• Only Latin was allowed for a while in the Roman Catholic church
• Eventually other translations were written and printed

MAJOR POINTS

• God - creator
• Relationship between God and Israelites
• Biblical covenant - The Ten Commandments

MAJOR THEMES

• Salvation
• Redemption
• Divine judgment
• Obedience, disobedience
• Faith, faithfulness

TIES TO GRENDEL

• The Shaper tells of Creation
• Feud between Cain and Abel split world
• Grendel belongs to the dark side

MORE TIES TO GRENDEL

• Salvation, redemption, divine judgment
• Grendel longs for salvation from the dark side
• He goes up to the hall, crying out
• The people attack him

OTHER TIES TO GRENDEL

• Cancer - the nourisher
• Crab is always retreating
• Grendel is unsatisfied

UNDERSTANDING GRENDEL

• He is seen as an afflicted being
• He longs for salvation, nourishment, but receives neither
• He is plagued by the knowledge that he is beyond redemption
• Since he is beyond redemption, he does whatever he pleases

SOURCES

• https://carm.org/when-was-bible-written-and-who-wrote-it
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament#From_scripture_to_canon:_forma...
• http://grendelzodiac.blogspot.com/2009/04/zodiac-in-grendel-march-21-april-...
• Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book - A History of the Bible (print)