Journal article
Aseneth’s Eight-Day Transformation as Scriptural Justification for Conversion1
Abstract
The author of Joseph and Aseneth writes a lengthy narrative about Aseneth’s conversion, thereby providing a justification for Joseph’s marriage to an Egyptian woman. The author explicitly connects her seven-day period of withdrawal to creation, thus portraying her conversion as a divinely wrought new creation. In addition, her eight-day conversion process imitates two similar processes from Jewish scripture. First, Aseneth’s transformation …
Authors
Thiessen M
Journal
Journal for the Study of Judaism, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 229–249
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
DOI
10.1163/15700631-00000396
ISSN
0047-2212