The Lord of the Dreams: A Semantic and Literary Analysis of Genisis 37-50

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Bloomsbury Publishing, 2003 M04 1 - 186 páginas
A fascinating and highly original new look at the Joseph-narrative which relies a good deal on syntactic and semantic analyses. Pirson shows that there are many elements in this story that provoke a significantly different reading of the story of Joseph and his brothers, especially when these are combined with some textual aspects previously unnoticed or neglected. Special attention is given to the meaning of Joseph's dreams, to the question of who actually sold Joseph, and to the brothers' role in the narrative. Pirson also asks why Joseph did not call home after his release from prison, and-the most important question-why did Joseph, who was Jacob's favourite son, disappear from the biblical history of Israel?
 

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Introduction
1
Chapter 1 MEANING IN CONTEXT
5
Chapter 2 ALL IN THE FAMILY
19
Chapter 3 A TALE OF TWO DREAMS
41
Chapter 4 AN UNEXPECTED PARTY
60
Chapter 5 DESCENTS INTO THE UNKNOWN
83
Chapter 6 ACCUSATIONS AND REVELATIONS
94
Chapter 7 MANY FAREWELLS
120
Epilogue
143
Bibliography
149
Index of References
158
Index of Authors
166
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Ron Pirson is Lecturer of Old Testament Exegesis at Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

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