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Ask the Archive: “Joseph” Get a written answer, cited to the three books and commentary8 results for "Joseph"
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Joseph Character
Joseph is the favored son of Jacob, sold into slavery by his brothers, who rose to govern Egypt through divinely-given dream interpretation, ultimately saving h…
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Rachel Character
Within the expansive retellings of Israel's ancestral history preserved in the Book of Jubilees and the Book of Jasher, the figure of Jacob's favored wife emerg…
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Zelicah (Potiphar's Wife) Character
In the rich tapestry of Second Temple pseudepigraphal literature, the apocryphal expansions of the Joseph cycle serve to illuminate moral and theological themes…
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Pharaoh Character
Pharaoh is the title of the Egyptian monarch who enslaved Israel and resisted God's commands through Moses - portrayed in Jubilees as empowered by Mastema and i…
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Ishmael Character
Ishmael is Abraham's firstborn son through Hagar the Egyptian - blessed with the promise of becoming a great nation but excluded from the covenant line that pas…
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Simeon Character
Simeon is Jacob's second son who, together with Levi, avenges the defilement of their sister Dinah by massacring the men of Shechem - an act of violence that ea…
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Benjamin Character
Benjamin is Jacob's youngest son and the only full brother of Joseph - the child whose birth cost Rachel her life and whose safety becomes the pivot of the enti…
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Reuben Character
Reuben is Jacob's firstborn who loses his birthright through transgression - yet shows compassion by attempting to save Joseph from death and later anguishing a…