Het Jozefverhaal en de Perzische mythe van de wijnbouw

Authors
Publication date 2016
Journal ZemZem
Volume | Issue number 12 | 1
Pages (from-to) 97-109
Number of pages 14
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies (ARTES)
Abstract The remarkable parallels between the biblical story of Joseph and a myth about viticulture from Islamic Persian poetry raise the question: Was the Joseph story read as an allegory of wine production, in which Joseph symbolizes the wine that ripens during his imprisonment in Pharaoh's cistern?
Document type Article
Language Dutch
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