The Book of Joseph and Aseneth 📜 Abridged

Joseph and Aseneth (Asenath, Osnat). From "The Greek History of Aseneth", edited by Batiffol in Studia Patristica. Abridged version. This is LibriVox recording and is in PUBLIC DOMAIN. I have edited and amplified the recording, added several music tracks, illustrations (some by James Tissot) and quotes about the book. Enjoy!
Her name is believed to derive from the Ancient Egyptian js.w-(n)-n(j)t, meaning "belonging/she belongs to Neith". Neith (ענת‎ ʿnt) Neith was an Egyptian goddess. "Asenath" or "Osnat" (Hebrew: אָסְנַת‎, Modern: Osnát, Tiberian: ʾåsənaṯ) is a commonly used female first name in present-day Israel.
First mentioned in the Book of Genesis, Asenath is said to be the wife of Joseph and the mother of his sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. In the Book of Jubilees, she is said to be given to Joseph to marry by Pharaoh, a daughter of Potiphar, a high priest, with no clarification as to whether or not this Potiphar is the same Potiphar whose wife falsely accused Joseph of attempting to rape her.
The current apocryphal publication, found in Greek, details their relationship; in it, Asenath weds Joseph, whose brothers Dan and Gad plot to kill him for the sake of Pharaoh's son, who wants Asenath to be his wife, only for their efforts to be thwarted by Benjamin, and their subsequent 48-year long reign over Egypt.
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