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September 2008
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10.1515/ZAW.2008.026

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Ed. by van Oorschot, Jürgen / Waschke, Ernst-Joachim

Together with Gertz, Jan Christian / Grätz, Sebastian

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Crowned with Blessings: The Riches of Double-Meaning in Gen 49,26b

Kristin M. Swenson1

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Citation Information: Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. Volume 120, Issue 3, Pages 422–425, ISSN (Online) 1613-0103, ISSN (Print) 0044-2526, DOI: 10.1515/ZAW.2008.026, September 2008

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2008-09-29

Gen 49,22–26 is a difficult text in several ways. This brief note means to address problems and possibilities only in the final bicolon of the poem, specifically how Joseph's receiving of extraordinary blessings and his consequent distinction from his brothers hint at an anointing. Without explicitly calling him a king, the bicolon concludes an image of Joseph that suggests that he is a leader uniquely set apart not to dominate but to serve.

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