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Aseneth of Egypt : the composition of a Jewish narrative / Patricia D. Ahearne-Kroll.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Early Judaism and its literature ; no. 53.Publisher: Atlanta : SBL Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 285 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0884144585
  • 9780884144588
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aseneth of EgyptDDC classification:
  • 229/.91 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1830.J62 A44 2020
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources: Summary: "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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2641072

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.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 30, 2020).