Why Does Joseph Wash his Face?
Genesis 43.31a contains the only description of someone washing his or her face in the Hebrew Bible. Did the author purposefully select his words to signify a crucial junction in the narrative? Few examples from the biblical corpus and extra-biblical witnesses can be cited for comparison. Locating t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2013
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2013, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-14 |
| Further subjects: | B
Egypt
B Genesis B Joseph (figure) B Joseph Story B face-washing |
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| Summary: | Genesis 43.31a contains the only description of someone washing his or her face in the Hebrew Bible. Did the author purposefully select his words to signify a crucial junction in the narrative? Few examples from the biblical corpus and extra-biblical witnesses can be cited for comparison. Locating the narrative of Genesis 42–43 in its specific context, descriptions of face-washing from recovered Egyptian witnesses suggest that a foreign motif is the influence for the terse, yet precise, description of a Hebrew protagonist coping with his emotions in another part of the world. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089213492842 |