Editing Beowulf (section)

===Biblical influences===

It cannot be denied that Biblical parallels occur in the text, whether seen as a pagan work with "Christian colouring" added by scribes or as a "Christian historical novel, with selected bits of paganism deliberately laid on as 'local colour'", as Margaret E. Goldsmith did in "The Christian Theme of ''Beowulf''".<ref name="Irving">{{cite book |last=Irving |first=Edward B. Jr. |chapter=Christian and Pagan Elements |title=A Beowulf Handbook |editor1=Robert E. Bjork |editor2=John D. Niles |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |year=1998 |pages=175–192}}</ref> ''Beowulf'' echoes the [[Book of Genesis]], the [[Book of Exodus]], and the [[Book of Daniel]]{{sfn|Andersson|1998|pp=142–43}} in its references to the [[Genesis creation narrative]], the story of [[Cain and Abel]], [[Noah]] and the [[Genesis flood narrative|flood]], the [[Devil in Christianity|Devil]], [[Hell]], and the [[Last Judgment]].<ref name="Irving" />