Joseph in Egypt: A Cultural Icon from Grotius to Goethe

by Bernhard Lang

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The biblical story of Joseph ranks in the history of world literature alongside The Odyssey and other ancient legends as a seminal canonical text and has provided rich material for later writers to imitate and elaborate. This book, by Bernard Lang, an internationally acclaimed biblical scholar, examines the many and varied ways that the story of Joseph has been interpreted in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. During that time,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:030015156X

ISBN13:9780300151565

Release Date:November 2009

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Bible Study Criticism & Interpretation Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Old Testament Religion Religion & Spirituality

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