عنوان

Aseneth between Judaism and Christianity:

شماره

LA119059

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Aseneth between Judaism and Christianity:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Reframing the Debate

نام نخستين پديدآور

Jill Hicks-Keeton

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The question of whether Joseph and Aseneth is "Jewish or Christian?" is the central frame in which the provenance of this tale has traditionally been sought. Yet, such a formulation assumes that "Judaism" and "Christianity" were distinct entities without overlap, when it is now widely acknowledged that they were not easily separable in antiquity for quite some time. I suggest that the question of whether Joseph and Aseneth is Jewish or gentile is more profitable for contextualizing Aseneth's tale. This article offers fresh evidence for historicizing its origins in Judaism of Greco-Roman Egypt. Placing the narrative's concerns for boundary-regulation alongside the discursive projects of other ancient writers (both Jewish and gentile Christian) who engaged the story of Joseph suggests that the author of Joseph and Aseneth was likely a participant in a Hellenistic Jewish interpretive tradition in Egypt that used Joseph's tale as a platform for marking and maintaining boundaries. The question of whether Joseph and Aseneth is "Jewish or Christian?" is the central frame in which the provenance of this tale has traditionally been sought. Yet, such a formulation assumes that "Judaism" and "Christianity" were distinct entities without overlap, when it is now widely acknowledged that they were not easily separable in antiquity for quite some time. I suggest that the question of whether Joseph and Aseneth is Jewish or gentile is more profitable for contextualizing Aseneth's tale. This article offers fresh evidence for historicizing its origins in Judaism of Greco-Roman Egypt. Placing the narrative's concerns for boundary-regulation alongside the discursive projects of other ancient writers (both Jewish and gentile Christian) who engaged the story of Joseph suggests that the author of Joseph and Aseneth was likely a participant in a Hellenistic Jewish interpretive tradition in Egypt that used Joseph's tale as a platform for marking and maintaining boundaries.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

189-222

عنوان

Journal for the Study of Judaism

شماره جلد

49/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0631

اصطلاح موضوعی

boundary negotiation

اصطلاح موضوعی

Joseph and Aseneth

اصطلاح موضوعی

provenance

اصطلاح موضوعی

pseudepigrapha

اصطلاح موضوعی

rewritten Bible

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jill Hicks-Keeton

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700631-12492208

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y