{"product_id":"when-aseneth-met-joseph-a-late-antique-tale-of-the-biblical-patriarch-and-his-egyptian-wife-reconsidered-9780190253998","title":"When Aseneth Met Joseph: A Late Antique Tale of the Biblical Patriarch and His Egyptian Wife, Reconsidered","description":"This is the study of an anonymous ancient work, usually called \u003cem\u003eJoseph and Aseneth\u003c\/em\u003e, which narrates the transformation of the daughter of an Egyptian priest into an acceptable spouse for the biblical Joseph, whose marriage to Aseneth is given brief notice in Genesis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKraemer takes issue with the scholarly consensus that the tale is a Jewish conversion story composed no later than the early second century C.E. Instead, she dates it to the third or fourth century C.E., and argues that, although no definitive answer is presently possible, it may well be a Christian\u003cbr\u003eaccount. This critique also raises larger issues about the dating and identification of many similar writings, known as pseudepigrapha. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKraemer reads its account of Aseneth's interactions with an angelic double of Joseph in the context of ancient accounts of encounters with powerful divine beings, including the sun god Helios, and of Neoplatonic ideas about the fate of souls. \u003cem\u003eWhen Aseneth Met Joseph\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the centrality of\u003cbr\u003eideas about gender in the representation of Aseneth and, by extension, offers implications for broader concerns about gender in Late Antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ross Shepard Kraemer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190253998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoss Shepard Kraemer\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at Brown University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40189590274163,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":49.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e19adac6-e816-4459-bcef-ac389a589837.jpg?v=1655816834","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/when-aseneth-met-joseph-a-late-antique-tale-of-the-biblical-patriarch-and-his-egyptian-wife-reconsidered-9780190253998","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}