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Throughout the poem Beowulf the Christian views of the author clashed with the beliefs of Anglo-Saxons. Even though the two beliefs clashed, this poem held both “biblical material and Christian echoes,” (Beowulf, p. ix). “Describing the stage of the Christianity in Beowulf as a complex matter, to be pursued by studying both Christian and secular aspects of Anglo—Saxon Society,” (Bloom, p. 60) It has been said that the poet is undoubtedly a Christian and maybe even a monk. The poet speaks of a God in which Anglo-Saxons did not believe in a God. “Then a son was born to him, a child in the court, sent by God to comfort the Danes; for He had seen their dire distress, that once they suffered hardship for a long while, lacking a lord; and the Lord of Life, King of Heaven, granted this boy glory; Beow was renowned—the name of Seyld’s son Became known throughout the Norse lands,” (Beowulf, p. 2) The text here describes the birth of Jesus unto Mary and Joseph. Seyld was a king, in which he had a son who would be the future king. Jesus was the “King of Kings and Lord of Lords,” (King James Bible, Revelation 19:16). The poet talked of the “Lord of Life, King of Heaven,” (Beowulf, p. 2) which restates the same idea that is in the Bible.
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