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Encyclopedia entry: Joseph (Son of Jacob)
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- The Oxford Guide to People and Places of the Bible
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Joseph (Son of Jacob).
Joseph, whose name means “May God give increase,” was the son of
Jacob
and
Rachel
, and the eponymous ancestor of the house of Joseph, one of the twelve
tribes of Israel
. Genesis 37–50 portrays Joseph as a patriarch through whom the promises to
Abraham
,
Isaac
, and Jacob are transmitted to later Israel. The God of the ancestors is not, however, called the God of Joseph, and Joseph the patriarch is seldom mentioned in the Bible outside Genesis.
The Joseph story begins in Genesis 37.1, “Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an
alien
, the land of Canaan,” and comes to its preliminary end in 47.27, where the opening ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
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Article: JOSEPH OF EXETER'S PAGAN GODS AGAIN.
Medium Aevum;
March 22, 2001 ;
700+ words
... ... described how the pagan gods function in Joseph of Exeter's Ylias ... the idea that the `gods' in Joseph are usually -- except ... I now believe that Joseph is not consistent in his treatment of the gods, and I have tried here ...
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