Joseph in Egypt : a cultural icon from Grotius to Goethe

Introduction -- Joseph as a cultural icon in early-modern times -- Joseph in Genesis -- Post-biblical traditions the icon of piety : Joseph for children -- On education -- A lesson in godliness -- Lavater -- Starting life with Joseph -- Goethe appendix : Joseph portrayed -- Trautmann the icon of cha...

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Main Author: Lang, Bernhard (Author)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press , 2009
Subjects:
Joseph > (Son of Jacob)
Josefserzählung
Rezeption
Geschichte 1635-1812
Author Notes:Bernhard Lang
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Joseph as a cultural icon in early-modern timesJoseph in Genesis
  • Post-biblical traditions
  • The icon of piety : Joseph for children. On education
  • A lesson in godliness : Lavater
  • Starting life with Joseph : Goethe
  • Appendix : Joseph portrayed : Trautmann
  • The icon of chastity : the handsome Hebrew. On sexual morality
  • Libertine libido : Mrs. Rowe
  • Irresistible eros : Bodmer
  • The triumph of chaste love : Fielding
  • The icon of leadership : Joseph the statesman. On statecraft
  • Civic humanist : Grotius
  • Competent courtier : Zesen
  • Hebrew Freemason : Albrecht
  • Against the icon : radical readings. On historical criticism
  • Despotic ruler : Morgan
  • Tax collector : Voltaire
  • The iconic text : a beautiful story. On literary criticism
  • A conte philosophique : Voltaire
  • The triumph of beauty : Chateaubriand.
  • Introduction
  • Joseph as a cultural icon in early-modern times
  • Joseph in Genesis
  • Post-biblical traditions the icon of piety : Joseph for children
  • On education
  • A lesson in godliness
  • Lavater
  • Starting life with Joseph
  • Goethe appendix : Joseph portrayed
  • Trautmann the icon of chastity : the handsome Hebrew
  • On sexual morality
  • Libertine libido
  • Mrs. Rowe
  • Irresistible eros
  • Bodmer
  • The triumph of chaste love
  • Fielding the icon of leadership : Joseph the statesman
  • On statecraft
  • Civic humanist
  • Grotius
  • Competent courtier
  • Zsen
  • Hebrew freemason
  • Albrecht against the icon : radical readings
  • On historical criticism
  • Despotic ruler
  • Morgan
  • Tax collector
  • Voltaire the iconic text : a beautiful story
  • On literary criticism
  • A conte philosophique
  • Voltaire
  • The triumph of beauty
  • Chateaubriand.

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