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Robert Phenix

The Sermons on Joseph of Balai of Qenneshrin

Rhetoric and Interpretation in Fifth Century Syriac Literature
[Rhetorik und Interpretation in der syrischen Literatur des 5. Jahrhunderts. Die Predigten über Joseph von Balai von Qenneshrin.]
2008. XVII, 333 pages.
DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-151349-7
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Summary
Robert Phenix discusses an important Syriac example of early biblical interpretation that demonstrates connections with Hellenistic rhetoric and Jewish biblical interpretation of the story of Joseph (Genesis 37 and 39-50).

Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity (STAC)