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portada The Fable of Joseph and Aséneth
Type
Physical Book
Author
Translated by
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
84
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
21.6 x 14.0 x 0.6 cm
Weight
0.24 kg.
ISBN13
9781666708455
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The Fable of Joseph and Aséneth

Moses Of Aghel (Author) · Robert Nixon (Translated by) · Resource Publications (CA) · Hardcover

The Fable of Joseph and Aséneth - Aghel, Moses Of ; Nixon, Robert

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Synopsis "The Fable of Joseph and Aséneth"

The Fable of Joseph and Aseneth is an imaginative elaboration of a verse from Genesis describing the relationship between Joseph, the son of the patriarch Jacob, and Aseneth, a beautiful maiden of Egypt. Infused with all the tender sensitivity and lyricism of the Song of Solomon, it weaves an enchanting tale of infatuation, heartbreak, and joyful reunion. While the work may be read simply as a piece of visionary fiction, Aseneth--who soon becomes the story's central and most sympathetic character--may also be taken as an allegorical figure of the human soul, as it moves through different stages in its relationship to God. Beginning with contentment in merely earthly things, the soul is then awakened to a consuming desire for the transcendent. Yet this transcendent ideal soon proves fleeting, inaccessible, and remote, leaving only a state of emptiness and desolation. Finally, through a mystical encounter with the incarnate deity, the soul is taken up into an ecstatic union with God--a meeting of heaven and earth, of the human and the divine. This volume presents an English verse adaptation of the principal Syriac version of the fable, as well as prose translations of related Greek and Syriac fragments.

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