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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Atlanta :
SBL Press,
[2020]
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Colección: | Early Judaism and its literature ;
no. 53. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "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"-- |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 0884144585 9780884144588 |