by hadassah | Jul 20, 2008 | Israel in Egypt
Then they took Joseph’s tunic, slaughtered a kid, and dipped the tunic in the blood. They had the ornamented tunic taken to their father, and they said, ‘We found this. Please examine it; is it your son’s tunic or not?’ He recognized it, and...
by hadassah | Jul 20, 2008 | Israel in Egypt
When the Midianite traders passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the pit. They sold Joseph for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who brought Joseph to Egypt. (Genesis 37-28) Rembrandt’s etching of the sale of Joseph portrays Joseph as a fearful...
by hadassah | Jul 20, 2008 | Israel in Egypt
Once Joseph had a dream, which he told to his brothers; and they hated him even more. He said to them, ‘Hear this dream which I have dreamt.’ (Genesis 37-5-6) Rembrandt’s portrayal of this biblical scene artfully employs facial expressions to bring...
by hadassah | Jul 6, 2008 | Critical Approaches to the Bible, Israel in Egypt
Central to the biblical account is a process of elimination in which one child in each patriarchal generation is to carry on the developing Israelite tradition. The rivalry of Jacob and Esau sets the stage for Jacob’s emerging as that bearer of tradition. For later...