MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01548cam a22002298a 4500
001 2009013409
003 DLC
005 20100317135427.0
008 090330s2010 ctu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009013409
020 $a9780300151565 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aBS580.J6$bL26 2010
082 00 $a222/.11092$222
100 1 $aLang, Bernhard,$d1946-
245 10 $aJoseph in Egypt :$ba cultural icon from Grotius to Goethe /$cBernhard Lang.
260 $aNew Haven, CT :$bYale University Press,$c2010.
263 $a0911
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Joseph as a cultural icon in early-modern times -- Joseph in Genesis -- Post-biblical traditions the icon of piety : Joseph for children -- On education -- A lesson in godliness -- Lavater -- Starting life with Joseph -- Goethe appendix : Joseph portrayed -- Trautmann the icon of chastity : the handsome Hebrew -- On sexual morality -- Libertine libido -- Mrs. Rowe -- Irresistible eros -- Bodmer -- The triumph of chaste love -- Fielding the icon of leadership : Joseph the statesman -- On statecraft -- Civic humanist -- Grotius -- Competent courtier -- Zsen -- Hebrew freemason -- Albrecht against the icon : radical readings -- On historical criticism -- Despotic ruler -- Morgan -- Tax collector -- Voltaire the iconic text : a beautiful story -- On literary criticism -- A conte philosophique -- Voltaire -- The triumph of beauty -- Chateaubriand.
600 00 $aJoseph$c(Son of Jacob)