--On Tue, Dec 1, 1998 10:04 AM "John Carmi Parsons"
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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.
Best wishes,
MW
Mark F. Williams
Department of Classics Phone: (616) 957-6293
Calvin College FAX: (616) 957-8551
Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Internet: [log in to unmask]
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"Philologie als Erkenntnis: das war es, was ich in jenem Augenblick
begriff. Und seitdem habe ich mir vor eigenen und fremden Arbeiten immer
wieder die Frage gestellt: 'Was ist damit für die Erkenntnis
geleistet?'"
-E. R. Curtius
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