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When Aseneth Met Joseph

A Late Antique Tale of the Biblical Patriarch and His Egyptian Wife, Reconsidered

  • Hardback
  • 384 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.6 cm

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For scholars and readers interested in biblical studies

Challenges traditional views on gender and identity

You will gain new insights into ancient narratives

This scholarly work reexamines the story of Joseph and Aseneth from a fresh perspective.

This is a study of an anonymous ancient work, originally composed in Greek, titled Joseph and Aseneth. Although relatively unknown outside of scholarly circles, the story is remarkable because of its focus on a female character and its lack of overt misogyny and has traditionally been viewed as an early second-century C.E. conversion story of Jewish provenance. Kraemer offers conclusions that differ with previous findings in questions of date, provenance, identity, geographic origin and textual relationships as well as in matters of interpretation. She also explores the story's implications within the context of late antique constructs of and concerns about gender.
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  • Title

    When Aseneth Met Joseph

  • Author

    Ross Shepard Kraemer (professor Emerita Of Religious Studies And Judaica Studies, Professor Emerita Of Religious Studies And Judaica Studies, Brown University, Providence, Ri)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    September 1998

  • Weight

    681g

  • Page Count

    384

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195114751

  • ISBN-10

    0195114752

  • Eden Code

    1146746

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