Recent Research on the So-Called <i>Life of Joseph</i> also Known as <i>In pulcherrimum Ioseph</i>Journal for the Study of the PseudepigraphaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/7IJDN4KS/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.AngelaStandhartingerRecent Research on the So-Called <i>Life of Joseph</i> also Known as <i>In pulcherrimum Ioseph</i>http://syriaca.org/cbss/7IJDN4KShttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/7IJDN4KShttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/7IJDN4KSJournal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha33:42024288-302<i>In pulcherrimum Ioseph</i> (IpJ), a retelling of the life of “the most beautiful Joseph,” appears among the Greek writings of the Syriac Church Father Ephraem and is preserved in at least seven languages: Greek, Latin, Coptic, Armenian, Arabic, Slavonic, and Georgian. Most scholars agree that The<i> Life of Joseph</i>/<i>In pulcherrimum Ioseph</i> was neither written by Ephraem nor in Syriac but was originally written in Greek. Some find, however, a substantial overlap with the Syriac Joseph traditions. A Greek papyrus from the sixth to seventh century provides the earliest material evidence. Beyond the first 120 lines of the Joseph-Christ typology, the retelling of the Joseph story contains no unambiguous Christian features. This article argues that the text is likely a composition of three different parts. After introducing IpJ and its characteristics, I present an overview of manuscripts and editions to illustrate its extraordinary popularity and several Sitz im Leben of this particular Joseph story. Finally, I will return to the question of provenance and place this specific retelling of Gen 37–46 within Jewish and Christian debates on the biblical Joseph.
Standhartinger, Angela. “Recent Research on the So-Called Life of Joseph Also Known as In Pulcherrimum Ioseph.” Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 33:4 (2024): 288–302. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/09518207241252540.
Angela Standhartinger, Recent Research on the So-Called Life of Joseph Also Known as In Pulcherrimum Ioseph,” Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 33:4 (2024): 288–302, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/09518207241252540.