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• catalog contributor b7626858.
• catalog created "c1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
• catalog description "6. Initiation into groups within Judaism: Essenes, Therapeutae, Haburoth, Gnostics, and Merkabah mystics -- Essenes -- Therapeutae -- Haburoth -- Gnostics -- Merkabah mystics -- Conclusion -- 7. Mystery initiation -- a. Method -- The mystery religions and modern research: Problems and caveats -- Isiac initiation as a model -- The hypotheses of K. Kerenyi, R. Merkelbach and E. R. Goodenough -- b. Isiac initiation: A descriptive analysis -- Formal rites -- Underlying conceptions -- c. Isiac initiation and the conversion of Aseneth: Comparisons and contrasts -- preliminary considerations -- Conceptual features -- Formal features -- d. Conclusion -- 8. Conclusions -- Conclusions regarding the Conversion of Aseneth -- The Conversion of Aseneth and the readership and purpose of Joseph and Aseneth -- Desiderata.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-295) and indexes.".
• catalog description "Part I: Prolegomena -- 1. History of research -- Early contributions -- P. Batiffol's contribution and its aftermath -- Stimulus from the Qumran discoveries and the study of Christian origins -- Landmark monographs by C. Burchard and M. Philonenko -- Recent studies -- Application to New Testament study -- New annotated translations -- 2. Text, original language, character, provenance, date and genre: The present state of research -- Text -- original language -- Character -- Provenance -- Date -- Genre -- Retrospect and prospect".
• catalog description "Part II: Descriptive analysis -- 3. The literary context: Social tensions in the narrative of Aseneth's conversion -- Jews and Gentiles -- Internal Jewish dissension -- Familial ostracism of the convert -- 4. Formal and conceptual features of Aseneth's conversion -- a. Elements of ritual form? -- Intercessory prayer -- Rejection of idolatry -- Asceticism and prayer -- Enrollment in the book of the living -- Change of clothing -- Washing of the face and hands -- Change of name -- Bread, cup, ointment and honey -- Physical transformation -- Three kisses -- b. Conceptual features -- The human predicament -- The nature of salvation -- The terminology of conversion -- c. Conclusion".
• catalog description "Part III: Comparative analysis -- 5. Jewish proselytism -- a. Requirements for the admission of proselytes: Rabbinic Dicta -- b. The silence of Joseph and Aseneth concerning these requirements -- Sacrifice -- Immersion -- Circumcision -- c. Points of comparison -- Familial and social ostracism of the proselyte -- Divine protection of the proselyte -- Parity of the proselyte and the Jew by birth -- Repudiation of idolatry as the quintessence of conversion -- New creation imagery -- Table fellowship -- Darkness-light and death-life antitheses -- For further investigation -- d. Conclusion".
• catalog extent "308 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "1850755167".
• catalog isPartOf "Journal for the study of the Pseudepigrapha. Supplement series ; 16".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press,".
• catalog subject "BS1830.J62 C44 1995".
• catalog subject "Conversion History.".
• catalog subject "Conversion.".
• catalog subject "Joseph and Aseneth Criticism, interpretation, etc.".
• catalog tableOfContents "6. Initiation into groups within Judaism: Essenes, Therapeutae, Haburoth, Gnostics, and Merkabah mystics -- Essenes -- Therapeutae -- Haburoth -- Gnostics -- Merkabah mystics -- Conclusion -- 7. Mystery initiation -- a. Method -- The mystery religions and modern research: Problems and caveats -- Isiac initiation as a model -- The hypotheses of K. Kerenyi, R. Merkelbach and E. R. Goodenough -- b. Isiac initiation: A descriptive analysis -- Formal rites -- Underlying conceptions -- c. Isiac initiation and the conversion of Aseneth: Comparisons and contrasts -- preliminary considerations -- Conceptual features -- Formal features -- d. Conclusion -- 8. Conclusions -- Conclusions regarding the Conversion of Aseneth -- The Conversion of Aseneth and the readership and purpose of Joseph and Aseneth -- Desiderata.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part I: Prolegomena -- 1. History of research -- Early contributions -- P. Batiffol's contribution and its aftermath -- Stimulus from the Qumran discoveries and the study of Christian origins -- Landmark monographs by C. Burchard and M. Philonenko -- Recent studies -- Application to New Testament study -- New annotated translations -- 2. Text, original language, character, provenance, date and genre: The present state of research -- Text -- original language -- Character -- Provenance -- Date -- Genre -- Retrospect and prospect".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part II: Descriptive analysis -- 3. The literary context: Social tensions in the narrative of Aseneth's conversion -- Jews and Gentiles -- Internal Jewish dissension -- Familial ostracism of the convert -- 4. Formal and conceptual features of Aseneth's conversion -- a. Elements of ritual form? -- Intercessory prayer -- Rejection of idolatry -- Asceticism and prayer -- Enrollment in the book of the living -- Change of clothing -- Washing of the face and hands -- Change of name -- Bread, cup, ointment and honey -- Physical transformation -- Three kisses -- b. Conceptual features -- The human predicament -- The nature of salvation -- The terminology of conversion -- c. Conclusion".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part III: Comparative analysis -- 5. Jewish proselytism -- a. Requirements for the admission of proselytes: Rabbinic Dicta -- b. The silence of Joseph and Aseneth concerning these requirements -- Sacrifice -- Immersion -- Circumcision -- c. Points of comparison -- Familial and social ostracism of the proselyte -- Divine protection of the proselyte -- Parity of the proselyte and the Jew by birth -- Repudiation of idolatry as the quintessence of conversion -- New creation imagery -- Table fellowship -- Darkness-light and death-life antitheses -- For further investigation -- d. Conclusion".
• catalog title "From death to life : conversion in Joseph and Aseneth / Randall D. Chesnutt.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".