Christian Author, Jewish Book? Methods and Sources in Thomas Mann's Joseph
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20657455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan T Levenson (corresponding author), Alan Levenson |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 166 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The German Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8831 • E-ISSN: 1756-1183 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/407873 |
| OpenAlex | W2332193346 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Thomas Mann's tetralogy Joseph und seine Briider has been evaluated from many perspectives: as a Bildungsroman,i as an historical novel,2 as a clever manipulation of tradition and myth,3 as an antifascist parable,4 even as an obsessive exercise in homoeroticism.5 But Joseph has been analyzed only episodically as an example of Bible commentary. 6 This fact owes more to the academic division of labor than to the contents of the work, which, while vastly expanding the Genesis tale, follow it with surprising fidelity.7 In the first place, Mann is taught by Germanists, interested in the recognized genres of European literature, not by Bible scholars. Secondarily, before the comeback of the Bible as a rec
Art · Art history · Judaism · Theology · European Law and Migration · German Literature and Culture Studies · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |