Aseneth of Egypt
The article offers information on the rabbinic authors who suggested that Aseneth was the daughter of Joseph's half-sister Dinah, but a Hellenistic Jewish writer took a differenttack, narrating how Aseneth changed her allegiances to Joseph's deity. It discusses that Joseph and Aseneth, emb...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2022, Volume: 48, Issue: 2, Pages: 63-64 |
| Further subjects: | B
Joseph (Son of Jacob)
B Pharaohs B Bible. Old Testament B EGYPTIAN gods B Jewish authors |
| Summary: | The article offers information on the rabbinic authors who suggested that Aseneth was the daughter of Joseph's half-sister Dinah, but a Hellenistic Jewish writer took a differenttack, narrating how Aseneth changed her allegiances to Joseph's deity. It discusses that Joseph and Aseneth, embeds its plot into the biblical story about Joseph, but it tells the story of Aseneth, a woman renowned for her beauty but who disdained men, and became a model of mercy and a refuge for treacherous brothers. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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