ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University’s Dr. Peter Ramey has published a book, “The Word-Hoard Beowulf: A Translation with Commentary.”
The book, published by Angelico Press, is the first translation and popular commentary to take seriously the religious dimension of the epic poem.
“While generations of students know that ‘Beowulf’ represents a confluence of Christianity and paganism, this version—informed by J. R. R. Tolkien’s theory of language as the repository of myth—opens the hood to track the poem’s inner… more