Figuring Resurrection: Joseph as a Death and Resurrection Figure in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism

Jeffrey Pulse

ISBN 10: 1683594533 / ISBN 13: 9781683594536

Published by Lexham Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Figuring Resurrection: Joseph as a Death and Resurrection Figure in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism
• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1683594533
• ISBN 13: 9781683594536
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 442 grams

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Synopsis

2022 Center for Biblical Studies Award Finalist in Old Testament

The death and resurrection of Joseph.

Towards the end of Genesis, the narrative slows down to tell the story of Joseph. There is no dispute that Joseph's story is unique, but why does it deserve such focused attention? And how does this story relate to the rest of Genesis?

In Figuring Resurrection, Jeffrey Pulse presents the view that Joseph is a death-and-resurrection figure. A close literary reading of Genesis 37-50 reveals that Joseph's story is one of rejection and restoration, descent and ascent, condemnation and exaltation, exile and return, death and resurrection. Far from a lengthy diversion, Joseph's story of "death and resurrection" plays an important role in the theology of Genesis and later Second Temple Jewish literature. Figuring Resurrection has implications for our understanding of Joseph's narrative, the book of Genesis, Hebrew thinking on the afterlife, and typology.

About the Author

Jeffrey Pulse (PhD, University of Durham) is professor of exegetical theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He spent more than twenty-two years in parish ministry in churches in Iowa and Washington state.