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050 00 $aBS1830.J62$bK75 1998
082 00 $a221/.911$221
100 1 $aKraemer, Ross Shepard,$d1948-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87137115
245 10 $aWhen Aseneth met Joseph :$ba late antique tale of the biblical patriarch and his Egyptian wife, reconsidered /$cRoss Shepard Kraemer.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1998.
300 $axviii, 365 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-338) and indexes.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction --$g2.$tComposing Aseneth: The Construction of Aseneth out of Traditional Elements and Techniques --$g3.$tRecasting Aseneth: The Enhancement of Traditional Elements in the Longer Reconstruction --$g4.$tAseneth and the Adjuration of Angels --$g5.$tAseneth and Mystical Transformation in the Hekhalot Traditions --$g6.$tAseneth and Late Antique Religious Sensibilities --$g7.$tWhy Is Aseneth a Woman? The Use and Significance of Gender in the Aseneth Stories --$g8.$tThe Dating of Aseneth Reconsidered --$g9.$tThe Authorial Identity of Aseneth Reconsidered --$g10.$tThe Provenance of Aseneth Reconsidered --$g11.$tAseneth Reconsidered --$gApp.$tAseneth in Rabbinic Traditions.
520 $aThis is a study of an anonymous ancient work (surviving in shorter and longer versions) conventionally titled Joseph and Aseneth, but here simply designated as Aseneth. Composed in Greek, the text narates the transformation of the daughter of an Egyptian priest into an acceptable spouse for the biblical Joseph (whose marriage to this woman is given brief notice in Genesis).
520 8 $aRelatively unknown outside of scholarly circles, this story is remarkable for its focus on a female character and for its apparent absence of overt misogyny. This unusual tale has traditionally been viewed as a Jewish conversion story composed no later than the early second century C.E.
520 8 $aThrough a detailed examination of the texts, however, Ross Kraemer arrives at conclusions that disagree with previous findings with respect not only to questions of date, provenance, identity, geographic origin, and textual relationships, but also to many matters of interpretation.
630 00 $aJoseph and Aseneth$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
852 00 $bglx$hBS1830.J62$iK75 1998