Victim and Victimizer : Joseph's Interpretation of his Destiny
Chapter 3 IS JOSEPH THE NARRATOR'S MOUTHPIECE? -- Discrepancies between Joseph's Disclosure Speech and his Two Previous Claims -- Joseph's Credibility as the Narrator's Mouthpiece -- Summary -- Chapter 4 READERS' RESPONSES TO JOSEPH'S CLAIMS -- Avoidance of Challenging Joseph's Claims -- Literary Paradoxes of the Pit and Dreams and their Unravelling -- A Fictional Experiment in Knowledge -- Summary -- Chapter 5 FAVOURITISM FUNCTIONS AS BOTH CURSE AND CURE -- Paternal Favouritism -- Avoidance of Confronting Divine Favouritism -- Summary -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography
eBook, English, 2000
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2000
1 online resource (223 pages).
9780567430045, 0567430049
1058429620
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 THE PROBLEMATIC NATURE OF JOSEPH'S CLAIM OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
Overview
The Pit as a Symbol of Death or Slavery
Joseph Repeats What He Has Condemned
Problematic Hierarchical Oppositions in Joseph's Claim
Summary
Chapter 2 A CHALLENGE TO JOSEPH'S CLAIM OF DIVINE DOMINATION
Strategic Use of Judah's Pit to Justify his Claim of Divine Domination
Joseph's Claim of Domination over Egypt
Joseph's Ignorance of the Ironic Reversal of Judah's Role
Desperate Compromise versus Deliberate Positive Move. Index of References
Index of Authors
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
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V
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