Aseneth between Judaism and Christianity:

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" Aseneth between Judaism and Christianity: "
Jill Hicks-Keeton

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1075430
Doc. No	:	LA119059
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12492208‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jill Hicks-Keeton
Title & Author	:	Aseneth between Judaism and Christianity: [Article] : Reframing the Debate\ Jill Hicks-Keeton
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal for the Study of Judaism
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	49/2
Page No	:	189–222
Abstract	:	The question of whether Joseph and Aseneth is “Jewish or Christian?” is the central frame in which the provenance of this tale has traditionally been sought. Yet, such a formulation assumes that “Judaism” and “Christianity” were distinct entities without overlap, when it is now widely acknowledged that they were not easily separable in antiquity for quite some time. I suggest that the question of whether Joseph and Aseneth is Jewish or gentile is more profitable for contextualizing Aseneth’s tale. This article offers fresh evidence for historicizing its origins in Judaism of Greco-Roman Egypt. Placing the narrative’s concerns for boundary-regulation alongside the discursive projects of other ancient writers (both Jewish and gentile Christian) who engaged the story of Joseph suggests that the author of Joseph and Aseneth was likely a participant in a Hellenistic Jewish interpretive tradition in Egypt that used Joseph’s tale as a platform for marking and maintaining boundaries. The question of whether Joseph and Aseneth is “Jewish or Christian?” is the central frame in which the provenance of this tale has traditionally been sought. Yet, such a formulation assumes that “Judaism” and “Christianity” were distinct entities without overlap, when it is now widely acknowledged that they were not easily separable in antiquity for quite some time. I suggest that the question of whether Joseph and Aseneth is Jewish or gentile is more profitable for contextualizing Aseneth’s tale. This article offers fresh evidence for historicizing its origins in Judaism of Greco-Roman Egypt. Placing the narrative’s concerns for boundary-regulation alongside the discursive projects of other ancient writers (both Jewish and gentile Christian) who engaged the story of Joseph suggests that the author of Joseph and Aseneth was likely a participant in a Hellenistic Jewish interpretive tradition in Egypt that used Joseph’s tale as a platform for marking and maintaining boundaries.
Descriptor	:	boundary negotiation
Descriptor	:	Joseph and Aseneth
Descriptor	:	provenance
Descriptor	:	pseudepigrapha
Descriptor	:	rewritten Bible
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700631-12492208‬