Aseneth of Egypt: the composition of a Jewish narrative
"Aseneth of Egypt examines texts of Joseph and Aseneth to propose a base storyline that can be used to locate the story's origin. Patricia D. Ahearne-Kroll contextualizes the story of Joseph and Aseneth in Hellenistic Egypt by demonstrating how the base storyline reflects the literary impu...
| Zusammenfassung: | "Aseneth of Egypt examines texts of Joseph and Aseneth to propose a base storyline that can be used to locate the story's origin. Patricia D. Ahearne-Kroll contextualizes the story of Joseph and Aseneth in Hellenistic Egypt by demonstrating how the base storyline reflects the literary impulse of Greek-speaking Jewish writers to redescribe their identity in Egypt, Ptolemaic strategies of legitimation of power, and Judean connections to the land of Egypt"-- |
|---|---|
| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 249-267 |
| Physische Details: | xvi, 285 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62837-283-0 978-0-88414-457-1 |
