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dc.contributor.advisorShively, Elizabeth E.
dc.contributor.advisorTooman, William A.
dc.contributor.authorSiegenthaler, Tobias
dc.coverage.spatial261en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-25T08:40:26Z
dc.date.available2023-10-25T08:40:26Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-29
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/28563
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I argue that the writers of the OG of Esther and the Gospel of Luke employ the narrative paradigm established in the Joseph narrative—which is developed further in the later literature of the Hebrew Bible and its Old Greek iterations—as a template for the portrayal of the main characters (Esther, Mordechai, and Jesus), the conflicts they are involved in, and their ascension to the throne. To establish this argument I proceed as follows: after laying out my methodology in the introduction I take a close look at the Joseph narrative by highlighting the main themes and the symmetrical structure of Gen 37–45, underscoring them (building on Schmid, Döhling and Ebach). Examining six texts (1 Kgs 11–12; 2 Kgs 25 par; Sus; 2 Sam 13; Tobit 1; Neh 1) I demonstrate that and how the Joseph story was deployed as a narrative template by later writers. Building on earlier scholarship that has observed allusions to Gen 37–50 in Esther (Rosenthal, Meinhold, Gan, Berg) and the gospels (Lunn, Lefebvre, Römer & Rückl, Ebach), I outline how the writers of Esther and Luke organise those allusions to tell their own story of salvation and ascension to royal power. In both books the brother (Gen 37) and the court (Gen 39) conflicts are fused together casting the main protagonist(s) (Mordechai, Esther and Jesus) in the role of Joseph, and their respective opponents in analogy to the brothers (in particular Judah), and Potiphar and his wife. To shape their account of climactic deliverance and ascension to kingship the writers of Esther and Luke combine allusions to Joseph’s elevation out of prison (Gen 40–41) with others to Judah’s climatic action on behalf of Benjamin (Gen 44).en_US
dc.description.sponsorship"This work would not have been possible without the consistent financial support of PrimaFamilia. May this work be a blessing to those on the margins! The St. Marys and Erasmus+ Scholarships have covered tuition, my visiting research fellowship at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and many expenses along the way."--Acknowledgementsen
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectJosephen_US
dc.subjectEstheren_US
dc.subjectOld Greeken_US
dc.subjectLXXen_US
dc.subjectSeptuaginten_US
dc.subjectGreeken_US
dc.subjectLukeen_US
dc.subjectSon of Josephen_US
dc.subjectGedaljahen_US
dc.subjectJehoiachinen_US
dc.subjectSusannaen_US
dc.subjectNarrative Analogyen_US
dc.subjectIntertextualityen_US
dc.subjectJesusen_US
dc.subjectJudahen_US
dc.subjectJudasen_US
dc.subjectPotipharen_US
dc.subjectKingshipen_US
dc.subjectProskynesisen_US
dc.subjectLionen_US
dc.subjectLamben_US
dc.subjectPassoveren_US
dc.subjectExodusen_US
dc.subjectRelease from Prisonen_US
dc.subjectCupbeareren_US
dc.subjectBakeren_US
dc.subjectBreaden_US
dc.subjectWineen_US
dc.subjectCrucifixionen_US
dc.subjectHamanen_US
dc.subjectResurrectionen_US
dc.subjectThird Dayen_US
dc.subjectPiten_US
dc.subjectFastingen_US
dc.subjectFeastingen_US
dc.subjectPoleen_US
dc.subjectSilveren_US
dc.subjectMyrrhen_US
dc.subjectCourt Taleen_US
dc.subjectEgypten_US
dc.subjectCupen_US
dc.subjectGenesisen_US
dc.subjectAbrahamen_US
dc.subjectMaryen_US
dc.subjectTempleen_US
dc.subjectDreamen_US
dc.subjectChief-Cupbeareren_US
dc.subjectTobiten_US
dc.subjectAchiqaren_US
dc.subjectFalse Accusationen_US
dc.subjectPrisonen_US
dc.subjectReleaseen_US
dc.subjectNehemiahen_US
dc.subjectRemember meen_US
dc.subjectRoyalen_US
dc.subjectKingen_US
dc.subjectRuleren_US
dc.subjectServanten_US
dc.subjectSlaveen_US
dc.subjectBetrayalen_US
dc.subjectSons of Jacoben_US
dc.subjectTribesen_US
dc.subjectDisciplesen_US
dc.subjectGenealogyen_US
dc.subjectSaviouren_US
dc.subjectTemplateen_US
dc.subjectRichard Haysen_US
dc.subjectEchoesen_US
dc.subjectLitwaken_US
dc.subjectDevilen_US
dc.subjectSatanen_US
dc.subjectBowingen_US
dc.subjectRecognitionen_US
dc.subjectStephenen_US
dc.subjectMordechaien_US
dc.subjectElevateden_US
dc.subjectThroneen_US
dc.subjectIncarnationen_US
dc.subjectAscensionen_US
dc.subjectReversalen_US
dc.subjectGen 50:20en_US
dc.subjectTamaren_US
dc.subjectAlteren_US
dc.subjectAckermanen_US
dc.subjectBen-Poraten_US
dc.subjectInner-Biblical Allusionen_US
dc.subjectBenjaminen_US
dc.subjectSchmiden_US
dc.subjectBlumenthalen_US
dc.subjectTemptationen_US
dc.subjectCarmichaelen_US
dc.subjectChalupaen_US
dc.subjectNisanen_US
dc.subjectTypologyen_US
dc.subjectPatternen_US
dc.subjectDöhlingen_US
dc.subjectEbachen_US
dc.subjectEhrlichen_US
dc.subjectFohrmanen_US
dc.subjectGanen_US
dc.subjectDynamic Analogiesen_US
dc.subjectGrossmanen_US
dc.subjectLeitmotifen_US
dc.subjectAsenethen_US
dc.subjectNarrative Trackingen_US
dc.subjectLeonarden_US
dc.subjectLunnen_US
dc.subjectMacchien_US
dc.subjectFoxen_US
dc.subjectDiasporanovelleen_US
dc.subjectBen Josephen_US
dc.subjectMessiahen_US
dc.subjecttheir eyes were openeden_US
dc.subjectGarmenten_US
dc.subjectApokatastasisen_US
dc.subjectRamellien_US
dc.subjectJosephsgeschichteen_US
dc.subjectRosenthalen_US
dc.subjectSegalen_US
dc.subjectStokesen_US
dc.subjectTeeteren_US
dc.subjectTkaczen_US
dc.subjectToomanen_US
dc.subjectWolteren_US
dc.subjectWünchen_US
dc.subjectLukasen_US
dc.subjectZakovitchen_US
dc.subjectSecond Templeen_US
dc.subjectJudaismen_US
dc.subjectWritingen_US
dc.subjectCompositionen_US
dc.subjectBibleen_US
dc.subjectNew Testamenten_US
dc.subjectWritersen_US
dc.subjectScribesen_US
dc.subjectScribal Cultureen_US
dc.subjectInterpretationen_US
dc.subjectBiblicalen_US
dc.subjectHofgeschichteen_US
dc.subjectJosefen_US
dc.subjectRecognitionen_US
dc.subjectWiedererkennenen_US
dc.subjectExecutioneren_US
dc.subjectDanielen_US
dc.subjectSon of Daviden_US
dc.subjectArimatheaen_US
dc.subjectHermeneuticen_US
dc.subjectMoessneren_US
dc.subjectLitwaken_US
dc.subjectLefebvreen_US
dc.subjectTaciturneen_US
dc.subjectJohnsonen_US
dc.subjectDiasporaen_US
dc.subjectCourten_US
dc.subjectForeignen_US
dc.subjectEphraimen_US
dc.subjectDaubeen_US
dc.subjectBasileiaen_US
dc.subjectScriptureen_US
dc.subjectBergen_US
dc.titleFrom Joseph to Jesus : the Joseph narrative as a compositional template from Old Greek Esther to the Gospel of Lukeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorPrima-Familia. Bern, Switzerlanden_US
dc.contributor.sponsorUniversity of St Andrews. School of Divinityen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorErasmus+ (Program)en
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.rights.embargodate2028-10-13
dc.rights.embargoreasonThesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Restricted until 13th October 2028en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17630/sta/631


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