古英语《创世纪B》在英国宗教诗史中占有重要位置。就解经方式而言 ,这段叙事诗不仅是对圣经中伊甸园故事的重新诠释 ,同时也将盎格鲁撒克逊非基督教社会的文化观念有效地融合在故事的叙述之中 ,致使这一经典基督教故事从头至尾弥漫着浓厚的古日尔曼英雄社会的气氛。而将两种文化因素紧密地融于一部作品之中 ,恰恰是凯德曼宗教诗歌的关键特征。《创世纪B》中的此种特征虽不及全诗的其他部分 ,但在这一方面也是非常突出的。凯德曼的功绩应主要在于 ,他的作品开启了英国宗教诗歌的先河 Old English “Genesis B” occupies an important place in the religious history of English poetry. As far as the scriptural practice is concerned, this narrative poem is not only a reinterpretation of the Bible story of Eden, but also effectively incorporates the Anglo-Saxon non-Christian social cultural conception into the narrative of the story, rendering this classic Christian story from beginning to end Tail filled with a strong atmosphere of ancient Hermann heroic society. The close integration of the two cultural factors into one of the works is precisely the key feature of Cademan’s religious poetry. This feature in Genesis B is less prominent than the rest of the poem, but it is also outstanding in this respect. Capt. Merkman’s merit should mainly lie in his work which opened the precedent of British religious poetry