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GOD OF OUR FATHERS
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GOD OF THE PROPHETS (revised text)
A podcast on Cædmon's Hymn by a purported expert on the subject of English in general, and Anglo-Saxon in particular, uncritically recounted the usual orthodoxies about both the poem and its history. This was compounded by a laughable attempt at a recitation in Anglo-Saxon. These are not original sins however, not least because the source material doesn't even bother with the Anglo-Saxon at all. As an overlooked vital clue is in plain sight, we set out to investigate further and discovered the truth is more interesting.
Find out more at CaedmonsHymn.com