portraits through the ages Levenson, Alan T. creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. pau 2016 monographic eng 1 online resource The complex and dramatic story of Joseph is the most sustained narrative in Genesis. Many call it a literary masterpiece and a story of great depth that can be read on many levels. In a lucid and engaging style, Alan T. Levenson brings the voices of Philo, Josephus, Midrash, and medieval commentators, as well as a wide range of modern scholars, into dialogue about this complex biblical figure. Levenson explores such questions as: Why did Joseph's brothers hate him so? What is achieved by Joseph's ups and downs on the path to extraordinary success? Why didn't Joseph tell his father he was alive and ruling Egypt? What was Joseph like as a husband and father? Was Joseph just or cruel in testing his brothers' characters? Levenson deftly shows how an unbroken chain of interpretive traditions, mainly literary but also artistic, have added to the depth of this fascinating and unique character. 1. Joseph: favored son, hated brother -- 2. Joseph the dreamer -- 3. Tamar, a difficult hero -- 4. Potiphar's wife vilified and redeemed -- 5. Joseph from rags to riches -- 6. Testing, dreaming, punishing -- 7. Judah in Joseph -- 8. The return of Rachel -- 9. Adopting Ephraim and Manasseh -- 10. Jacob's valedictory -- 11. The deaths and burials of Jacob and Joseph -- 12. Portraying Egypt in Joseph. Alan T. Levenson. Includes bibliographical references and index. (Son of Jacob) Joseph (Son of Jacob) Joseph RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament BS580.J6 L485 2016eb 222/.11092 Levenson, Alan T. Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society, [2016] (DLC) 2016015314 (OCoLC)946032144 9780827612921 0827612923 9780827612945 082761294X 22573/ctt1d8gpcr JSTOR http://site.ebrary.com/id/11237724 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1288142 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1d8h8xp https://muse.jhu.edu/book/46889/ http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4602975";target="_blank https://login.gbcprx01.georgebrown.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=1288142 http://ra.ocls.ca/ra/login.aspx?inst=stlawrence&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1288142 https://login.library.sheridanc.on.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1288142 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/soas-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4602975 http://site.ebrary.com/id/11237724 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1288142 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1d8h8xp https://muse.jhu.edu/book/46889/ http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=4602975";target="_blank https://login.gbcprx01.georgebrown.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=1288142 http://ra.ocls.ca/ra/login.aspx?inst=stlawrence&url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1288142 https://login.library.sheridanc.on.ca/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1288142 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/soas-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4602975 N$T 160721 20200709060500.0 ocn953834648 eng