When Aseneth Met Joseph: A Late Antique Tale of the Biblical Patriarch and His Egyptian Wife, Reconsidered

by Ross Shepard Kraemer

Book Overview

This is the study of an anonymous ancient work, usually called Joseph and Aseneth, 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.

Kraemer 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190253991
• ISBN13: 9780190253998
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"