Joseph's Ascent (English Only) |
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Author:
| Yoreh, Tzemah |
Series title: | Kernel to Canon Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4923-7040-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $22.99 |
Book Description:
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Like beautifully layered rock formations lining the walls of a desert canyon, so is the Biblical text. Story is piled upon story until the foundations are invisible. Those foundations tell a different story-one that only a trained geologist can tease from the rock, one that only a Biblical philologist, trained in the dissection of literature, can find in the text. In the earliest version of the Joseph story, Joseph's brothers never get the opportunity to sell him down to Egypt: the...
More DescriptionLike beautifully layered rock formations lining the walls of a desert canyon, so is the Biblical text. Story is piled upon story until the foundations are invisible. Those foundations tell a different story-one that only a trained geologist can tease from the rock, one that only a Biblical philologist, trained in the dissection of literature, can find in the text. In the earliest version of the Joseph story, Joseph's brothers never get the opportunity to sell him down to Egypt: the Midianites do it for them. Judah is not the brothers' leader; in fact, he doesn't feature at all, since according to this version he doesn't exist. Most surprisingly, Joseph's father, who hitherto was known as Jacob, is now Israel; he appears in the story a lot less. In this and many other respects, the earliest version of Joseph story is very different from what those familiar with the canonical text may recall. Joseph's Ascent traces the development of this uniquely divergent account and its slow development into the canonical text we have today.