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damn_wookie · 06-08-2002, 09:07 PM

This chapter puzzles me as it breaks up the story of Joseph. The lesson of the chapter seems pretty disgusting to modern readers.

What point does the chapter serve, and why did the editor choose to insert it where he did?

Toto · 06-08-2002, 11:05 PM

Jonathan Kirsh has written an excellent book about that, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345418824/internetinfidelsA" target="_blank">The Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible</a>.

Undercurrent · 06-09-2002, 09:38 AM

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Originally posted by damn_wookie:
<strong>What point does the chapter serve, and why did the editor choose to insert it where he did?</strong>

It looks like an overzealous editor trying to make sure that everything is in chronological order, so he doesn't have to go back later and say "all this happened after they sold Joseph to the Midianites but before the great famine."

Either that, or it's like the gartuiotous witch scenes in "MacBeth". Just there to appease the audience who's into sex and violence during an otherwise boring part of the story.

I wonder why Andrew Lloyd Weber skipped that chapter?

m.

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damn_wookie Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 21	Genesis 38 This chapter puzzles me as it breaks up the story of Joseph. The lesson of the chapter seems pretty disgusting to modern readers. What point does the chapter serve, and why did the editor choose to insert it where he did?

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06-08-2002, 11:05 PM	#2
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	Jonathan Kirsh has written an excellent book about that, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345418824/internetinfidelsA" target="_blank">The Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible</a>.

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