The Lord of the Dreams A Semantic and Literary Analysis of Genisis 37-50

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Synopsis

A fascinating and highly original new look at the Joseph-narrative which relies a good deal on syntactic and semantic analyses. Pirson shows that there are many elements in this story that provoke a significantly different reading of the story of Joseph and his brothers, especially when these are combined with some textual aspects previously unnoticed or neglected. Special attention is given to the meaning of Joseph's dreams, to the question of who actually sold Joseph, and to the brothers' role in the narrative. Pirson also asks why Joseph did not call home after his release from prison, and-the most important question-why did Joseph, who was Jacob's favourite son, disappear from the biblical history of Israel?

Book details

Series:
The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Author:
Ron Pirson
ISBN:
9780567279064
Related ISBNs:
9780826462091, 9780826462091
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
186
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-10-16
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2003
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality