Author: Frau Ava & Rushing, James A Jr [ editor & translator ]
Title: Ava's New Testament Narratives - When The Old Law Passed Away
Description: Medieval Institute Publications - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 2003, 1st edition. Paperback, F. [viii]+235pp, b/w illustrations, a fine copy. Medieval German Texts in Bilingual Editions volume II. Paperback , no dustjacket. ISBN: 1580440371 ¶ Parallel German - English text of a 12th century German woman's poems on John the Baptist & Jesus Christ. Known as Ava of Göttweig [ 1060 - 1127 ] she was the first named female writer in any genre in the German language, and her poems have been described as the first German epic.

Keywords: ISBN 1580440371, Medieval Literature, German Literature 1580440371