From death to life : conversion in Joseph and Aseneth /: conversion in Joseph and Aseneth. (©1995)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Randall D. Chesnutt.
• Other Names: Chesnutt, Randall D, 1951-
• Contents: Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: PROLEGOMENA; Chapter 1 HISTORY OF RESEARCH; Early Contributions; P. Batiffol''s Contribution and its Aftermath; Stimulus from the Qumran Discoveries and the Study of Christian Origins; Landmark Monographs; Recent Studies; Application to New Testament Study; New Annotated Translations; Chapter 2 TEXT, ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, CHARACTER, PROVENANCE, DATE AND GENRE: THE PRESENT STATE OF RESEARCH; Text; Original Language; Character; Provenance; Date; Genre; Retrospect and Prospect; PART II: DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; Introduction to Part II. Chapter 3 THE LITERARY CONTEXT: SOCIAL TENSIONS IN THE NARRATIVE OF ASENETH''S CONVERSIONJews and Gentiles; Internal Jewish Dissension; Familial Ostracism of the Convert; Chapter 4 FORMAL AND CONCEPTUAL FEATURES OF ASENETH''S CONVERSION; Elements of a Ritual Form?; Conceptual Features; Conclusion; PART III: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; Introduction to Part III; Chapter 5 JEWISH PROSELYTISM; Requirements for the Admission of Proselytes: Rabbinic Dicta; The Silence of Joseph and Aseneth concerning These Requirements; Points of Comparison; Conclusion. Chapter 6 INITIATION INTO GROUPS WITHIN JUDAISM: ESSENES, THERAPEUTAE, HABUROTH, GNOSTICS, AND MERKABAH MYSTICSEssenes; Therapeutae; Haburoth; Gnostics; Merkabah Mystics; Conclusion; Chapter 7 MYSTERY INITIATION; Method; Isiac Initiation: A Descriptive Analysis; Isiac Initiation and the Conversion of Aseneth: Comparisons and Contrasts; Conclusion; Chapter 8 CONCLUSIONS; Conclusions regarding the Conversion of Aseneth; The Conversion of Aseneth and the Readership and Purpose of Joseph and Aseneth; Desiderata; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K. Lm; n; o; p; r; s; t; u; v; w; y; z.
• Publisher Details: Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Copyright Date: 1995
• Extent: 1 online resource (308 pages)
• Subjects: 229/.911; Conversion -- History; RELIGION -- Biblical Studies; Conversion; Konversion; Josef en Asenath (anoniem); Bekering; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567347695; 0567347699
• Related ISBNs: 1850755167; 9781850755166
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-295) and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
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