Genesis 37 and 39 in the early Syriac tradition /

Genesis 37 and 39 in the early Syriac tradition /

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Author / Creator:Heal, Kristian S., author.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023
©2023
Description:xv, 272 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
Series:Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Amsterdam : studies in the Syriac versions of the bible and their cultural contexts ; volume 20
Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden. Studies in the Syriac versions of the Bible and their cultural contexts ; v. 20.
Subject:
Joseph -- (Son of Jacob)
Joseph -- (Son of Jacob)
Bible. -- Genesis, XXXVII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Genesis, XXXIX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Genesis.
Syriac literature.
Christian literature, Syriac.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13127297
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Varying Form of Title:Genesis thirty-seven and thirty-nine in the early Syriac tradition
ISBN:9789004526952
9004526951
9789004526969
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-255) and indexes.
Summary:"The Syriac reception of the story of Joseph offers an unprecedented glimpse into late antique Syriac literary culture. The story inspired a diverse body of texts, written in prose, narrative poetry, dialogue poetry, and metrical homilies, including the greatest narrative poem written in Syriac. These texts explore and retell the story of Joseph with a combination of exegetical imagination, playful creativity, and a relentless focus on the exemplary virtues of the patriarch. Read through a typological lens, this study shows how the story also became an important locus of Christian-Jewish polemic"--
Other form:Online version: Heal, Kristian S. Genesis 37 and 39 in the early Syriac tradition Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] 9789004526969

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