In 2013, a newly discovered addition to the very limited corpus of the
Gothic language was published. This fragmentary manuscript, the scriptio inferior
of a palimpsest, contains fragments of theological writing with
extensive citation of the Old and New Testaments, likely one or two
sermons. The editio princeps (Aevum 87), a subsequent
reading (ZfdA 143, 281-305), and further analysis have concentrated on
the identification of the cited passages, comparison to the Gothic Bible
as we have it, the significance for textual criticism, and the presence
of new linguistic forms. This paper will evaluate what can be said
about the theological content of the sermon(s), with special reference
to the political context in Ostrogothic Italy.
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