http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/middle-english Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:56:29 -0400 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:56:29 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/745/god-as-creator-in-patience-a-re-examination-of-cotton-nero-ax By Kelley S. Kent - Patience, the third poem in Cotton Nero A.x., tells the story of the Old Testament prophet Jonah, placing the narrative within the context of the virtue “pacience” (ll. 1, 531). This, however, is the crux: how much of Patience is simple translation, and in what ways did the poet augment the Biblical narrative? According to C. David Benson, the poet’s use of a Davidic psalm (ll. 118-24) is the “only admitted addition to the Book of Jonah” (152). As Sarah Stanbury observes, “The exemplum section of Patience, the Jonah story, is episodic, as is the Biblical narrative... Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:39 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/745/god-as-creator-in-patience-a-re-examination-of-cotton-nero-ax