Abstract
The earliest version of the Biblical Joseph Story that can be detected is that in which the role of helpful brother is filled by Reuben alone, and in which the father is called Jacob. The Genesis Editor found the Joseph Story in its Judah-expansion, but there is no reason to believe that he did not also know of the tale in its pristine form, the Reuben-version. Where in this literary history of the Joseph Story are the episodes of Joseph and Potiphar's wife and the Agrarian Reforms to be placed? The character Joseph, the hero of the Marchen in Genesis is being adapted to older literary, mythological, and aetiological works, independent in origin of the Joseph Story, which are set in Egypt. The Story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife came into being and achieved written form before it was brought into the Joseph Story.Keywords: genesis editor; Joseph Story; Judah-expansion; Marchen; Potiphar's wife
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