Arguing with Aseneth: gentile access to Israel's living God in Jewish antiquity
Arguing with Aseneth reads the ancient romance Joseph and Aseneth as a participant in ancient Jewish debates around gentile access to Israel's God. It traces how Joseph and Aseneth builds a case through its heroine for gentile incorporation and how other ancient Jewish thinkers, including Paul,...
| Summary: | Arguing with Aseneth reads the ancient romance Joseph and Aseneth as a participant in ancient Jewish debates around gentile access to Israel's God. It traces how Joseph and Aseneth builds a case through its heroine for gentile incorporation and how other ancient Jewish thinkers, including Paul, would have argued back. Cover -- Arguing with Aseneth -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "The Living God" and the Provenance of Joseph and Aseneth -- 2. Genesis Remix: Aseneth's "Living God" as Creator of Life -- 3. Executing Boundaries: Israel's "Living God" in Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History -- 4. Narratives of Life, Death, and the "Living God" in Hellenistic Judaism -- 5. Whether and How: Gentiles and Israel's "Living God" in Jubilees, Joseph and Aseneth, and Paul's Letters -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0190879009 |