Core Skill: Information Literacy

This essay, written in February of 2023, is a convergence of a few of my interests: linguistics, theology, liturgics, and church history. Specifically, it looks at the theological and liturgical influence Greek and Latin had on the Anglo-Saxon language and culture and even how in one case Anglo-Saxon may have had a similar influence on a continental Germanic language. It ended up being a couple-hundred words too short for the original assignment, but seeing as length is not a relevant metric for showing mastery of core skills, I chose this essay for this project anyways. Like with the other artifacts, I had two main goals writing this:

Goal #1: Present a variety of sources relevant to the advertised subject.

The bibliography cites five sources for references, all from different authors. While by no means an extensive list, it does demonstrate the level of research that went into the work. All five cited sources in some way present how the Anglo-Saxon language was used in their religious sphere, and how it interfaced with other religious and scholarly languages, such as Greek and Latin.

Goal #2: Properly tie together data from the disparate sources to present a larger picture.

Within the text of the essay, all five sources are cited frequently, though generally each within a specific section dealing with the subject their respective works address. These sections serve to show specific instances of the wider field being examined. Each one demonstrates a mark that Latin and/or Greek left on the Anglo-Saxon language, and sometimes how that persists to the modern day.