Satan and Sitis: The Significance of Clothing Changes in the Testament of Job

This article examines the Testament of Job as a literary work within the genre of ancient Jewish novel. It explores the function of clothing changes for the two central characters of Satan and Sitis as providing both entertaining and critical narrative cues for character perception and development....

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Main Author: O'Connor, M. John-Patrick (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2017]
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2017, Volume: 26, Issue: 4, Pages: 305-319
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Testament of Job / Devil / Disguise / Clothing / Joseph and Aseneth
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Testament of Job Satan Sitis ancient novel Joseph and Aseneth Apuleius
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