Title: In Potiphar's house
First published: 1990
Description: In this illuminating study of early biblical interpretation, James Kugel examines a series of exegetical stories that elaborate on the Joseph narrative in Genesis. These stories - which appear in such diverse sources as rabbinic midrash, early Christian writings, liturgical poetry, and the Quran - often contain details or whole incidents not found in the Bible itself.

In tracing the development and function of these tales, Kugel reveals a dynamic interpretive process: the living, changing significance of texts through generations of discussion, analysis, and application.
Subjects: Rabbinical literature, Narration in the Bible, Criticism, interpretation, History and criticism, Bible, Exegesis, 11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament, Old Testament, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. pentateuch, Rabbinical literature, history and criticism