Das Frauenbild im Judentum der hellenistischen Zeit : : ein Beitrag anhand von 'Joseph und Aseneth' / / von Angela Standhartinger.

• Superior document: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 26
• Author: Standhartinger, Angela.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: German
• Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 289 pages).
• Notes: Revision of the author's thesis, Frankfurt am Main, 1994, originally presented under the title: Der Beitrag von Joseph und Aseneth zur Diskussion um das Frauenbild in jüdisch-hellenistischer Zeit.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-262) and index.
• ISBN: 9004332790
• ISSN: 0169-734X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: von Angela Standhartinger.

Each of the two reconstructed “oldest texts” of the intertestamental work, Joseph and Aseneth , presents a consistent picture with a coherent theology, but there are considerable differences between them. The image of women in each case serves to crystallise these differences, and their analysis opens a window not only on the texts but also on their social contexts. The author develops a method which allows close study of ancient literary images of women and of their effects on ancient readers. It is shown that the different images portrayed in the two versions correspond to differing trends in the pagan and Jewish environment and in Jewish-Hellenistic interpretations of the Bible. A controversy of social and theological importance emerges.