Joseph, Judah, and Plot

Joseph, Judah, and Plot explores the concept of narrative continuity in Genesis 37-50. By tracing the plot-structure of the story about Jacob and his sons, author Paul Twiss assesses the cohesiveness and intent of the narrative. He uses Paul Ricoeur’s philosophical work, Time and Narrative , as a methodological foundation to inform a new, literary reading of the text. Central to the author’s understanding of plot is the importance of the narrative world in which the drama unfolds, and the intend