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From death to life : conversion in Joseph and Aseneth /
This monograph, the first in English on any aspect of Joseph and Aseneth, examines Aseneth's conversion as narrated in this important but neglected apocryphal Jewish romance. An extensive history of research on Joseph and Aseneth and an analysis of key issues such as text, original language, ch...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield :
Sheffield Academic Press,
©1995.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ;
16. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: PROLEGOMENA; Chapter 1 HISTORY OF RESEARCH; Early Contributions; P. Batiffol''s Contribution and its Aftermath; Stimulus from the Qumran Discoveries and the Study of Christian Origins; Landmark Monographs; Recent Studies; Application to New Testament Study; New Annotated Translations; Chapter 2 TEXT, ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, CHARACTER, PROVENANCE, DATE AND GENRE: THE PRESENT STATE OF RESEARCH; Text; Original Language; Character; Provenance; Date; Genre; Retrospect and Prospect; PART II: DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; Introduction to Part II.
- Chapter 3 THE LITERARY CONTEXT: SOCIAL TENSIONS IN THE NARRATIVE OF ASENETH''S CONVERSIONJews and Gentiles; Internal Jewish Dissension; Familial Ostracism of the Convert; Chapter 4 FORMAL AND CONCEPTUAL FEATURES OF ASENETH''S CONVERSION; Elements of a Ritual Form?; Conceptual Features; Conclusion; PART III: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; Introduction to Part III; Chapter 5 JEWISH PROSELYTISM; Requirements for the Admission of Proselytes: Rabbinic Dicta; The Silence of Joseph and Aseneth concerning These Requirements; Points of Comparison; Conclusion.
- Chapter 6 INITIATION INTO GROUPS WITHIN JUDAISM: ESSENES, THERAPEUTAE, HABUROTH, GNOSTICS, AND MERKABAH MYSTICSEssenes; Therapeutae; Haburoth; Gnostics; Merkabah Mystics; Conclusion; Chapter 7 MYSTERY INITIATION; Method; Isiac Initiation: A Descriptive Analysis; Isiac Initiation and the Conversion of Aseneth: Comparisons and Contrasts; Conclusion; Chapter 8 CONCLUSIONS; Conclusions regarding the Conversion of Aseneth; The Conversion of Aseneth and the Readership and Purpose of Joseph and Aseneth; Desiderata; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K.
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