Buch, Deutsch, Band 26, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 697 g
Reihe: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums
Ein Beitrag anhand von Joseph und Aseneth
Buch, Deutsch, Band 26, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 697 g
Reihe: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums
ISBN: 978-90-04-10350-4
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
Each of the two reconstructed “oldest texts” of the intertestamental work, Joseph and Aseneth, presents a consistent picture with a coherent theology, but there are considerable differences between them. The image of women in each case serves to crystallise these differences, and their analysis opens a window not only on the texts but also on their social contexts. The author develops a method which allows close study of ancient literary images of women and of their effects on ancient readers. It is shown that the different images portrayed in the two versions correspond to differing trends in the pagan and Jewish environment and in Jewish-Hellenistic interpretations of the Bible. A controversy of social and theological importance emerges.
