Beschreibung
Joseph is one of the most versatile and powerful figures in Genesis. Magnus Rabel shows for the first time comprehensively how Joseph and his story were repeatedly reinterpreted and transformed in ancient Jewish and early Christian sources. The spectrum of Joseph's images ranges from wise counselor to ideal statesman to tyrant, instrument of God or typological forerunner of Christ. Narratologically precise and differentiated in terms of reception history, the study shows that Joseph is less a fixed figure than a constantly re-accentuated projection surface of cultural and theological discourses. The Joseph narrative proves to be the focal point of fundamental human questions about foreignness, wisdom, power and reconciliation. Joseph thus becomes a mirror of remembered identity formation and at the same time a model of future-oriented identity assurance.
Autorenporträt
Born 1996; 2015-21 studied Protestant Theology; 2025 Dr. theol. in Zurich; working on a habilitation project on ideas of the knowledge of God in antiquity and the New Testament; research assistant for New Testament in Zurich
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Jana Trispel
Wilhelmstraße, 18
72074 Tübingen
DE
E-Mail: trispel@mohrsiebeck.com
