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پدید آورنده
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رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA118927
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Aseneth's Eight-Day Transformation as Scriptural Justification for Conversion
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
Matthew Thiessen
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The author of Joseph and Aseneth writes a lengthy narrative about Aseneth's conversion, thereby providing a justification for Joseph's marriage to an Egyptian woman. The author explicitly connects her seven-day period of withdrawal to creation, thus portraying her conversion as a divinely wrought new creation. In addition, her eight-day conversion process imitates two similar processes from Jewish scripture. First, Aseneth's transformation parallels the circumcision of the newborn male eight days after his birth. Second, on the eighth day Aseneth partakes of an angelic existence, conversing with an angel, eating the food of angels, and being dressed in angelic garb. This elevation in her status parallels the consecration of the priestly class in Lev 8, which goes through a period of seven days before it can serve as priests on the eighth day. This process thus stresses the distance between non-Jew and Jew, while at the same time providing a scriptural rationale for how Aseneth overcame it. The author of Joseph and Aseneth writes a lengthy narrative about Aseneth's conversion, thereby providing a justification for Joseph's marriage to an Egyptian woman. The author explicitly connects her seven-day period of withdrawal to creation, thus portraying her conversion as a divinely wrought new creation. In addition, her eight-day conversion process imitates two similar processes from Jewish scripture. First, Aseneth's transformation parallels the circumcision of the newborn male eight days after his birth. Second, on the eighth day Aseneth partakes of an angelic existence, conversing with an angel, eating the food of angels, and being dressed in angelic garb. This elevation in her status parallels the consecration of the priestly class in Lev 8, which goes through a period of seven days before it can serve as priests on the eighth day. This process thus stresses the distance between non-Jew and Jew, while at the same time providing a scriptural rationale for how Aseneth overcame it.
SET
Date of Publication
2014
Physical description
229-249
Title
Journal for the Study of Judaism
Volume Number
45/2
International Standard Serial Number
1570-0631
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
angelification
Subject Term
circumcision
Subject Term
conversion
Subject Term
intermarriage
Subject Term
Joseph and Aseneth
Subject Term
new creation
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Matthew Thiessen
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
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10.1163/15700631-00000396
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275578
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