The Lord of the Dreams: A Semantic and Literary Analysis of Genisis 37-50

by Ron Pirson

A fascinating and highly original new look at the Joseph-narrative which relies a good deal on syntactic and semantic analyses. Pirson shows that there are many elements in this story that provoke a significantly different reading of the story of Joseph and his brothers, especially when these are combined with some textual aspects previously unnoticed or neglected. Special attention is given to the meaning of Joseph's dreams, to the question of who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082646209X
• ISBN13: 9780826462091
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.5"