Asa Simon Mittman, "In Those Days: Giants And The Giant Moses In The Old English Illustrated Hexateuch," Imagining the Jew: Jewishness in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture, ed. Samantha Zacher (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016)

A notable discovery from the eleventh-century Old English Illustrated Hexateuch, likely created at St. Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, reveals that images of giants and a gigantic, horned Moses serve as complex visual elements in Anglo-Saxon identity formation. These figures challenge simplistic 'us vs. them' narratives by complicating the portrayal of Jewish protagonists, particularly Moses, thereby fostering deeper contemplation. The manuscript, containing around 400 images across 156 folios, uses these contrasting figures to enrich the viewer's engagement with the text and its cultural implications.

Simon Mittman, A. (2016). Asa Simon Mittman, "In Those Days: Giants And The Giant Moses In The Old English Illustrated Hexateuch," Imagining the Jew: Jewishness in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture, ed. Samantha Zacher (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016) (S. Zacher, Ed.). University of Toronto Press. https://doi.org/10.17613/25C6-EZ05