Monday, June 14, 2004

Joseph in the Qur'an,- and in Philo.

Joseph is quite an important figure to Philo; his De Josepho and De Somniis deal a lot with the Joseph Character of the Pentateuch, presenting partially different pictures of him.
Now there is a book out on Joseph in the Qur'an, and that may be interesting reading also for Philonists. Se now John Kaltner, Inquiring of Joseph: Getting to Know a Biblical Character through the Qur'an (Collegeville: Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 2003)pp. xx + 132 Paperback. There is a bookreview out in the recent edition of Review of Biblical Literature, written by R. Christopher Heard. You can read the review by clicking HERE.

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