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Genesis 37 and 39 in the early Syriac tradition

Title
Genesis 37 and 39 in the early Syriac tradition / by Kristian S. Heal.
Author
Heal, Kristian S.
Publication
  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.
  • ©2023

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Description
xv, 272 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
"The Syriac reception of the story of Joseph offers an unprecedented glimpse into late antique Syriac literary culture. The story inspired a diverse body of texts, written in prose, narrative poetry, dialogue poetry, and metrical homilies, including the greatest narrative poem written in Syriac. These texts explore and retell the story of Joseph with a combination of exegetical imagination, playful creativity, and a relentless focus on the exemplary virtues of the patriarch. Read through a typological lens, this study shows how the story also became an important locus of Christian-Jewish polemic"--
Series Statement
Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Amsterdam : studies in the Syriac versions of the bible and their cultural contexts ; volume 20
Uniform Title
Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden. Studies in the Syriac versions of the Bible and their cultural contexts ; v. 20.
Alternative Title
Genesis thirty-seven and thirty-nine in the early Syriac tradition
Subject
  • Joseph (Son of Jacob)
  • Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • Bible
  • Syriac literature
  • Christian literature, Syriac
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-255) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction: Rewriting the Bible in the Early Syriac tradition -- A survey of the sources -- Joseph as a type of Christ -- Exemplarity and the problem of favouritism (Gen 37:3-4) -- Imagining monstrosity (Gen. 37:5-28) -- Mother, Merchants, and the market place (Gen. 37:29-36) -- Making a Syriac woman sinful (Gen. 39) -- Scripting seduction (Gen. 39:7-10) -- Entrapment and betrayal (Gen. 39:11-20) -- Conclusion: Promise and betrayal.
Call Number
JFE 23-2317
ISBN
  • 9789004526952
  • 9004526951
  • 9789004526969 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2022038990
  • 9789004526952
OCLC
1335401858
Author
Heal, Kristian S., author.
Title
Genesis 37 and 39 in the early Syriac tradition / by Kristian S. Heal.
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2023
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Amsterdam : studies in the Syriac versions of the bible and their cultural contexts ; volume 20
Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden. Studies in the Syriac versions of the Bible and their cultural contexts ; v. 20.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-255) and indexes.
Other Form:
Online version: Heal, Kristian S. Genesis 37 and 39 in the early Syriac tradition Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022] 9789004526969 (DLC) 2022038991
Other Standard Identifier
9789004526952
Research Call Number
JFE 23-2317
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