Aseneth of Egypt : the composition of a Jewish narrative / Patricia D. Ahearne-Kroll.
Material type: TextSeries: Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 53.Publisher: Atlanta : SBL Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages)Content type:- text
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- online resource
- 9780884144588
- 0884144585
- 229/.91 23
- BS1830.J62 A44 2020
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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