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Also known as Stjorn

thumb|An illuminated page from a AM 227 fol.|14th century Icelandic copy of Stjórn I. The capital letter marks the beginning of Genesis 25:20. Stjórn () is the name given to a collection of Old Norse translations of Old Testament historical material dating from the 14th century, which together cover Jewish history from Genesis through to II Kings. Despite the collective title, Stjórn is not a homogeneous work. Rather, it consists of three separate works which vary in date and context, labelled Stjórn I, II and III by scholar I.J. Kirby.

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11 sections
Contents
  • Title
  • Manuscripts
  • History
  • Early Critical Reception
  • Contents
  • Stjórn I
  • Stjórn II
  • Stjórn III
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

thumb|An illuminated page from a AM 227 fol.|14th century Icelandic copy of Stjórn I. The capital letter marks the beginning of Genesis 25:20. Stjórn () is the name given to a collection of Old Norse translations of Old Testament historical material dating from the 14th century, which together cover Jewish history from Genesis through to II Kings. Despite the collective title, Stjórn is not a homogeneous work. Rather, it consists of three separate works which vary in date and context, labelled Stjórn I, II and III by scholar I.J. Kirby.

Stjórn I covers Genesis to Exodus 18 with much additional material from Peter Comestor and Vincent Beauvais. Stjórn II completes the Pentateuch; it is based closely on the text of the Vulgate but is significantly abbreviated. Stjórn III treats Joshua to the Exile with some abbreviation and expansion and uses both the Vulgate and Comestor's Historia scholastica as the source of its translation.

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