The figure of Joseph in post-Biblical Jewish literature /

The figure of Joseph in post-Biblical Jewish literature /

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Author / Creator:Niehoff, Maren.
Imprint:Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1992.
Description:178 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 0169-734X ; 16
Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums ; Bd. 16.
Subject:
Joseph -- (Son of Jacob)
Philo, -- of Alexandria.
Josephus, Flavius.
Joseph -- (Son of Jacob)
Josephus, Flavius.
Philo, -- of Alexandria.
Bible. -- Old Testament -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Bible. -- Genesis, XXXVII-L -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.
Midrash rabbah. -- Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Old Testament.
Midrash rabbah. -- Genesis.
Patriarchs (Bible) -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Patriarchs (Bible) -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Biography.
Patriarchs (Bible) -- Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13219455
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ISBN:900409556X
9789004095564
Language / Script:Current Copyright Fee: GBP20.00 0.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-173) and indexes.
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Summary:This book is a comparative study in the hermeneutics of the ancient interpretations of the biblical Joseph story. Assuming that every interpretation results from a creative encounter between the ultimately open text of Scripture and the specific thought world of the interpreter, it examines the particular way in which each exegete construes the biblical outline of Joseph's character. Paying special attention to the literary nature of the sources, the study begins with an analysis of the narrative methods and the hermeneutic potential of the biblical story, and then proceeds to the inter-testamental evidence. The central concern of this study is to compare the different interpretations of the philosopher Philo, the historian Josephus and the Midrash Genesis Rabbah. These sources do not only range over a considerable amount of time but significantly derive respectively from the Greek and Hebrew cultural realm. Consequently, their figures of Joseph fulfil distinctly different purposes, ranging from an idealisation of Joseph as a Hellenistic politician to autobiographical apologetics and religious instruction. --From publisher's description.

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