Pharaoh's command in Gen 41:55—“Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do”—aptly summarizes the breadth of authority Joseph attains in Egypt and the means by which he exercises it: direct speech. By interpreting Egyptian dreams, Joseph establishes himself as a “wise and discerning” …
"In God Will Carry You Through, Max invites readers to let God's message through Joseph guide His children through tough times today. Laced throughout Joseph's story are personal testimonies by everyday people who discovered for themselves that 'God had carried them through' as …
Joseph and his brothers
by Woods, John E., Mann, Thomas
fromEveryman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)
[The author] regarded his ... retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts - "The Stories of Jacob," "Young Joseph," "Joseph in Egypt," and "Joseph the Provider" as a unified narrative, a mythological novel of Joseph's fall into sl…
A wonderfully detailed narrative about Joseph and his brothers. Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the civilizations of Egypt,Mesopotamia, and Palestine and the universal force of human love, in all it's beauty, desparation, and absurdity.