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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Ser |
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Monographs of the Peshitta Institute Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface. Pursuing Joseph in the Syriac Tradition -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Rewriting the Bible in the Early Syriac Tradition -- Prose Narratives -- Narrative Poetry -- Excursus: Epic Poetry -- Verse Homily -- Dialogue Poetry -- Reading the Rewritten Bible -- Reading Between the Gaps -- Method and Assumptions -- Chapter 1. A Survey of the Sources -- 1. Peshitta Genesis 37-50 -- 2. Aphrahat, Demonstrations -- 3. Ephrem the Syrian (d. 373), Commentary on Genesis -- 4. Syriac History of Joseph (CAVT 113 -- S 1229) |
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5. History of Joseph the King (S 1631) -- 6. Balai, On Joseph (S 931) -- 7. Narsai, On Joseph (S 1748) -- 8. Jacob of Serugh (451-521), On Joseph (Ten Memre) -- Extracts -- 9. Joseph Son of Jacob (S 1300, 1340) -- 10. Joseph and His Brothers in Three Metres (S 1587) -- Extracts -- 11. Joseph Tells Jacob and Dinah (S 1342) -- 12. Joseph Reveals His Identity to His Brethren -- 13. On Joseph when He was Revealed to His Brothers -- 14. Removal of Joseph's Bones (S 932) -- 15. Removal of Joseph's Bones (West Syrian) -- 16. Joseph and Potiphar's Wife -- 17. Joseph and His Mistress |
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18. Joseph Rejects His Mistress -- 19. On Joseph and Benjamin -- 20. On Joseph and His Brothers -- 21. Joseph Reveals the Dream to His Father -- 22. Joseph in the Market Place -- 23. Joseph's Brothers in Egypt -- 24. On the Sons of Jacob in the Metre of Mor Jacob -- 25. On the Death of Jacob -- 26. Benjamin and the Cup -- 27. Joseph and Asenath (CAVT 105 -- Syriac version S 559) -- 28. Story of Asenath's Origins (CAVT 109) -- 29. Ephrem Graecus, On Joseph the Most Virtuous -- 30. Romanos (485-555), Kontakion on Joseph -- 31. Romanos (485-555), Kontakion on Joseph and Potiphar's Wife |
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32. Ps Romanos, Kontakion on Joseph -- 33. Ps Ephrem, Armenian Commentary on Genesis -- 34. Armenian Story of Joseph -- Chapter 2. Joseph as a Type of Christ -- Early Syriac Lectionaries -- Aphrahat -- Joseph Son of Jacob -- 1. The Silent vs. the Articulate Lamb -- 2. The Dreams of Joseph -- 3. Who Cast Joseph into Prison? -- 4. Bread and the Living Bread -- 5. The Jews at the Second Coming -- Balai -- Narsai -- Jacob of Serugh -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3. Exemplarity and the Problem of Favouritism(Gen. 37:3-4) -- The Problem of Favouritism (Gen. 37:3-4) |
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Omitting the Problem: Ephrem's Commentary on Genesis -- Omitting the Problem Again: Benjamin and Simeon -- Rebekah, Providence, and Another Omission -- Expanding the Problem: Balai -- Addressing the Problem: Narsai -- Preaching the Problem: Jacob of Serugh, Christ, and Harran -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4. Imagining Monstrosity (Gen. 37:5-28) -- Enmity, or the Motive for Fratricide (Gen. 37:3-11) -- Duplicity, or Why Joseph Was Sent to Shechem (Gen. 37:11-14) -- Brutality, or a Portrait of the Capture and Sale of Joseph (Gen. 37:17-28a) -- Conclusions |
| 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 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 5. Mother, Merchants, and the Market Place (Gen. 37:29-36) |
| Subject |
Bible Genesis, XXXIX -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Syriac literature.
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Syriac literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004526969 |
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900452696X |
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