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A Robe Like Lightning: Clothing Changes and Identification in Joseph and Aseneth
- Author(s):
- Meredith Warren (see profile)
- Date:
- 2014
- Group(s):
- Ancient Jew Review, Biblical Studies, Late Antiquity, Religious Studies
- Subject(s):
- Costume design, Judaism--Post-exilic period (Judaism), Jews--Social life and customs
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Christianity, clothing, Jewish, Late antiquity, hellenistic, Biblical studies, Christian Apocryphal Literature, Early Judaism, Jewish culture
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M65X1C
- Abstract:
- Joseph and Aseneth is a pseudepigraphic hellenistic romance novel that elaborates on the biblical character of Joseph and his wife aseneth. an expansion of genesis 41: 45, the text describes how aseneth is transformed into a radiant bride t for Joseph, and is thereby associated with his god.1 previous studies may have overstepped the limits of what Joseph and Aseneth is willing to tell us about religious identity; rather than treat the novel as a description (or prescription!) of religious initiation, i propose to view it as a re ection of the complex interactions of Judean and “pagan” modes of religious experience.2 aseneth’s transformation associates her with the divine realm through several methods, one of which, i argue, is her clothing, a culturally anticipated identity marker for both Judeans and “pagans.”
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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