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Joseph and Aseneth (eng)

The novel-like work tells the story of Aseneth, the Egyptian wife of Joseph (Gen 41). It begins with her conversion to Judaism, during which she becomes a ‘female Abraham,’ the patron of all proselytes. A second part recounts the ultimately unsuccessful pursuits of the Pharaoh’s son.

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3 But I, in ignorance and arrogance, despised him and said terrible things about him, and I did not know that Joseph is a son of God.5 And now, where shall I go and hide myself from his presence, so that Joseph, the son of God, does not see me, because I have spoken ill of him?