Hale too notes Gerson as a primary influence behind the transitions she
examines in Joseph's image. JCP
On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Mark Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 1, 1998 10:04 AM John Carmi Parsons wrote:
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>> Hale examines the transition from an aged,
>> doddering Joseph to a vigorous, economically productive paterfamilias,
>> which she attributes in part to the emergence of a thriving urban
>> artisanate. A younger, virile Joseph was better able to protect his wife
>> and her Son, and gave greater point to belief in his chaste marriage with
>> Mary, which was less remarkable when an elderly, feeble husband was
>> depicted.
>
> Brian McGuire has given a couple of lectures lately on the changing
> depiction of Joseph; MNcGuire follows the above lines almost exactly,
> though the context of his paper is a little different--he concentrates on
> the changing picture of Joseph as illustrated in the works of Jean Gerson.
>
> Mark F. Williams
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