Was Yosef on the spectrum?: understanding Joseph through Torah, midrash, and classical Jewish sources
"A reading of the well-known Bible story that offers a plausible account of Joseph's behaviors, specifically those of an individual on the autism spectrum. Viewed through this lens, Joseph emerges as a more familiar and less enigmatic individual, exhibiting both strengths and weaknesses co...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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Jerusalem New York
Urim Publications
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Edition: | First edition |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Joseph (Son of Jacob)
B Joseph Son of Jacob In rabbinical literature B Autism in literature B Bible. Genesis, XXXVII-XLIV Commentaries |
| Summary: | "A reading of the well-known Bible story that offers a plausible account of Joseph's behaviors, specifically those of an individual on the autism spectrum. Viewed through this lens, Joseph emerges as a more familiar and less enigmatic individual, exhibiting both strengths and weaknesses commonly associated with autism spectrum disorder"-- Yosef and his brothers: ro'eh et echav and na'ar -- Yosef and Yaakov: ben zekunim -- Yosef's dreams -- Yaakov sends Yosef to his brothers -- Yosef in the house of Potiphar -- Yosef in prison -- The sar hamashkim and Pharaoh -- Yosef and Pharaoh -- Yosef and his brothers: first visit -- Yosef and his brothers: second visit -- Yosef and his family in Egypt |
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| ISBN: | 1602803226 |