03262nam 2200637 450 991046182030332120200520144314.01-283-19696-497866131969650-567-34769-9(CKB)2670000000106610(EBL)742619(OCoLC)741691166(SSID)ssj0000522740(PQKBManifestationID)11320621(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522740(PQKBWorkID)10539367(PQKB)10822320(MiAaPQ)EBC742619(Au-PeEL)EBL742619(CaPaEBR)ebr10869491(CaONFJC)MIL319696(OCoLC)893335637(EXLCZ)99267000000010661019950822h19951995 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom death to life conversion in Joseph and Aseneth /Randall D. ChesnuttSheffield :Sheffield Academic Press,[1995]©19951 online resource (311 p.)Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ;16Library of Second Temple studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-85075-516-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages [272]-295) and indexes.CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. PROLEGOMENA; Chapter 1; HISTORY OF RESEARCH; Chapter 2; TEXT, ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, CHARACTER, PROVENANCE, DATE AND GENRE: THE PRESENT STATE OF RESEARCH; Part II. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; Introduction to Part II; Chapter 3; THE LITERARY CONTEXT SOCIAL TENSIONS IN THE NARRATIVE OF ASENETH'S CONVERSION; Chapter 4; FORMAL AND CONCEPTUAL FEATURES OF ASENETH's CONVERSION; Part III. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; Introduction to Part III; Chapter 5; JEWISH PROSELYTISM; Chapter 6INITIATION INTO GROUPS WITHIN JUDAISM: ESSENES, THERAPEUTAE, HABUROTH, GNOSTICS AND MERKABAH MYSTICSChapter 7; MYSTERY INITIATION; Chapter 8; CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsThis monograph, the first in English on any aspect of Joseph and Aseneth, examines Aseneth's conversion as narrated in this important but neglected apocryphal Jewish romance. An extensive history of research on Joseph and Aseneth and an analysis of key issues such as text, original language, character, provenance, date, and genre, precede and inform the study of conversion. The story of Aseneth's conversion has too often been understood on the basis of premature and superficial comparisons with other paradigms of conversion and initiation in the Hellenistic world. As a corrective, Chesnutt assLibrary of Second Temple studies.Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha.Supplement series ;16.ConversionHistoryElectronic books.ConversionHistory.229/.911Chesnutt Randall D.1951-932964MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461820303321From death to life2099815UNINA