Coat of Many Cultures: The Story of Joseph in Spanish Literature 1200-1492

Frontmatter......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
Translation and Commentary, Genesis 37– 50 (1422– 33)......Page 22
I. Of How Joseph Had Dreams, and How He Was Sold to the Egyptians......Page 28
II. Of How Joseph’s Mistress Fell in Love with Him, and How He Was Imprisoned Because of That......Page 37
III. Of the Dream Pharaoh’s Cupbearer and Baker Had, and How Joseph Interpreted It......Page 40
IV. Of King Pharaoh’s Two Dreams, of the Seven Cows and the Seven Ears of Grain, and the Interpretation of Them, and How Beca......Page 44
V. Of How Judah Spoke to Joseph Until He Made Himself Known to Them, and How They Brought......Page 60
VI. Of the Names of the Children of Israel Who Came to Egypt, and of Their Number......Page 66
VII. Of How Joseph Saw His Father Jacob, and of How Jacob’s Brothers Saw Pharaoh, and of How Jacob Came to Pharaoh......Page 68
VIII. Of How Joseph Took All the Money in the Land of Egypt, and How He Set Aside a Fifth for the King......Page 70
IX. Of How Jacob Fell 111, and of the Years That He Lived in the Land of Egypt, and of How He Made Joseph Swear to Bury Him in the......Page 73
X. Of Jacob’s Predictions to His Sons Concerning What Would Happen to Them at the End of Days......Page 78
The Book of Heroes (c. 1150–1200)......Page 96
I. Va-Yeshev......Page 102
II. Mikkets......Page 126
III. Va-Yiggash......Page 149
IV. Va-yehi......Page 160
V. Shemot......Page 170
The Story of Yusuf, Son of Ya‘qub (c. 1450– 1550)......Page 174
II. The Tree and the Rods......Page 183
III. Yusuf’s Dreams......Page 184
IV. Yusuf’s Brothers Plot to Kill Him......Page 186
V. Yahuda Intervenes......Page 188
VI. Yusuf in the Cistern......Page 189
VII. The Brothers Return to Ya‘qub......Page 191
VIII. Allah’s Promise to Yusuf in the Cistern......Page 193
IX. The Brothers Sell Yusuf to a Merchant......Page 194
X. Yusuf’s Lament at His Mother’s Grave......Page 196
XI. Allah Protects Yusuf with a Storm......Page 197
XII. Arrival in Misra......Page 198
XIII. Malik Sells Yusuf to the King......Page 200
XIV. Yusuf and the Arab......Page 203
XV. Zalikha Falls in Love with Yusuf......Page 208
XVI. She Attempts to Seduce Him......Page 209
XVII. Zalikha Falsely Accuses Yusuf......Page 213
XVIII. An Infant Testifies for Yusuf......Page 214
XIX. Women Gossip About Zalikha......Page 215
XX. Yusuf Goes to Prison......Page 216
XXI. The Cupbearer and the Baker......Page 218
XXII. The King’s Dream......Page 220
XXIII. Yusuf Is Released from Prison......Page 222
XXIV. Yusuf Becomes King......Page 224
XXV. The Aged Zalikha Becomes a Slave......Page 226
XXVI. Yusuf Marries Zalikha......Page 228
XXVII. Yusuf’s Brothers Go to Misra......Page 229
XXVIII. Yusuf Receives His Brothers......Page 231
XXIX. The Brothers Return to Ya‘qub......Page 233
XXX. The Brothers Go Back to Misra with Yamin......Page 234
XXXI. Yusuf Reunited with Yamin......Page 236
XXXII. Yamin Accused of Theft......Page 238
XXXIII. The Brothers Return to Ya‘qub......Page 239
XXXIV. Yusuf Tests His Brothers......Page 241
XXXV. Yusuf Reveals Himself......Page 243
XXXVI. The Brothers Go to Get Ya‘qub......Page 244
XXXVII. Yusuf Receives Ya‘qub in Misra......Page 245
Hadith of Yusuf (c. 1250–1400)......Page 248
Poem of Yosef (c. 1350)......Page 298
General History (begun 1272)......Page 350
I. Of the Wicked Deeds Joseph Saw His Brothers Commit, and of the Dreams He Dreamed in His Father’s House, and of How He Was Sold and Taken to Egypt......Page 354
V. Of Joseph’s Coming to Egypt; and of His Master Phutiphar, Who Bought Him; and of Pharaoh Nicrao and His Conquests......Page 357
VI. Of How Phutiphar Bought Joseph and Gave Him to His Wife Zulayme, and Phutiphar Built Pharaoh Some Very Noble Palaces......Page 360
VII. Of How Joseph’s Mistress Zulayme Fell in Love with Him, and of How She Behaved with Him before the Ladies of Pharaoh’s House......Page 363
VIII. Of How Lady Zulayme Seized Joseph and Had Phutiphar Throw Him in Jail; and of the Chroni-cle of the Kings of That Time......Page 366
IX. Of How Pharaoh’s Cupbearer and Baker Had Dreams While They Were in Jail, and Joseph Interpreted Them, and They Came True......Page 368
X. Of How Joseph Interpreted Pharaoh Nicrao’s Dreams in Jail, and Was Taken before Him......Page 371
XI. Of How King Pharaoh Nicrao Was Pleased with Joseph, and Tested Him in the City He Had Built at the Head of the Nile, and Placed Him in Charge of All His Kingdom, and Married Him to Lady Zulayme, Who Had Been His Mistress......Page 374
XII. Of the Accounting of the Time when Joseph Was Placed in Charge of All Egypt, and of the Gentile Kings of That Year......Page 376
XIII. Of How Joseph Converted Pharaoh Nicrao to His Customs, and How He Filled Pharaoh’s Granaries with Much Bread, Because the People Didn’t Care......Page 377
XVII. Of How Pharaoh Nicrao Mercifully Ordered Bread Sold to All the People, and Changed Joseph’s Name......Page 379
XVIII. Of How Joseph’s Brothers Came to Egypt for Bread, and They Didn’t Recognize Him, But He Recognized Them and Had a Conversation with Them......Page 380
XIX. Of the Words Reuben Spoke for Himself and His Brothers, and of Joseph’s Words to Reuben and His Brothers......Page 383
XX. Of How Joseph Took Pity on His Brothers, and Sent Them Home With the Grain and the Price of It; and They Asked Their Father for Benjamin, But He Said He Wouldn’t Give Him to Them......Page 385
XXI. Of How Jacob Gave In, and Gave Benjamin to His Brothers, and They Went to Joseph with Him, and He Received Them Very Well, and What He Did with Them after That......Page 386
XXII. Of How They Put Joseph’s Cup in Benjamin’s Sack, and Benjamin Was Arrested for That, and His Brothers Tried to Get Him Out of Prison......Page 390
XXIII. Of How Joseph Revealed Himself to His Brothers, and King Pharaoh Heard of It; and Then They Sent for Their Father Jacob......Page 394
XXIV. Of How King Pharaoh Learned That Joseph’s Brothers Had Come, and Rejoiced Greatly, and Sent for Them, and What He Said......Page 395
XXV. Of How These Sons of Jacob Left Egypt and Went to the Land of Canaan, and Told Their Father Everything Joseph Had Said to Them......Page 396
I. Of How Jacob Went to Egypt, and Inquired of God Concerning That Journey, and He Commanded Him to Go......Page 397
II. Of How Jacob Went to Egypt, and an Accounting of Those Whom He Took with Him......Page 398
III. Of How Joseph Received His Father and His Brothers and Took Them to the King......Page 400
IV. Of How Joseph’s Brothers Spoke before the King, and He Ordered Joseph to Provide for Them and for His Father......Page 401
V. Of How King Pharaoh Received Jacob, and the Words of Both of Them......Page 402
VII. Of the Reason Why the Libyans Dislike Those Who Raise Sheep......Page 403
VIII. Of How Joseph Settled His Father and His Brothers in Goshen and Raamses, and of the Year When That Happened......Page 404
IX. Of How the Egyptians Sold Joseph All Their Cattle and Pasture Land for Pharaoh......Page 405
XI. Of How the Egyptians Sold Joseph All Their Lands and Even Their Own Bodies for Pharaoh......Page 406
XII. Of How the Priests of Egypt and Their Possessions Were Exempt from This Sale and Servitude......Page 407
XIII. Of Pharaoh Nicrao and of King Pharaoh Amosis and Joseph’s Power......Page 408
XIV. Of King Pharaoh Amosis, and His Reign, and His Customs......Page 409
XV. Of the Condition of the Egyptian Farmers, and How They Worked the Land, and Gave the King the Fifth Part......Page 410
XVI. Of the Gentile Kings Who Were Reigning at That Time......Page 411
XVII. Of How Jacob Fell 111, and His Sons Came to See Him, and Their Conversation......Page 412
XVIII. Of How Jacob Recovered, But Soon Fell Ill Again, and Joseph Came to Him with His Sons, and the Words They Spoke Together......Page 413
XIX. Of How Jacob Blessed His Grandsons, Ephraim and Manasseh, and Prophesied to Joseph Concerning Them......Page 414
XXI. Of Jacob’s Words Concerning His Prophecies, and His Blessings to His Sons......Page 415
XXIII. Of Jacob’s Prophecies to Simeon and to Levi......Page 416
XXIV. Of Jacob’s Prophecy to Judah, His Fourth Son, According to the Latin Biblical Text......Page 417
XXV. The Meaning of the Prophecies Concerning Judah......Page 418
XXVII. Of Jacob’s Prophecy to Issachar, His Sixth Son......Page 420
XXVIII. Of Jacob’s Prophecy to Dan, His Seventh Son......Page 421
XXXI. Of the Prophecy Concerning Naphtali, Jacob’s Tenth Son......Page 422
XXXII. Of the Prophecies Concerning Joseph, in Which Jacob Spoke Well of Him, and Praised Him......Page 423
XXXIII. Of the Meaning of the Prophecies Concerning Joseph......Page 424
XXXIV. Of Jacob’s Blessings to His Son Joseph, Whom He Loved Much......Page 426
XXXV. Of Jacob’s Prophecy Concerning Benjamin, His Last Son, in Which He Said as Follows:......Page 427
XXXVI. Of How Jacob Commanded that He Be Buried, and Bade His Sons Farewell, and Died......Page 428
XXXVII. Of the Mourning for Jacob, and of How Long the Ancients Mourned......Page 429
XXXVIII. Of Jacob’s Burial......Page 430
XXXIX. Of the Chronicle of Jacob’s Years and His Burial......Page 431
XLIII. How Joseph’s Brothers Feared Him, and He Reassured Them, and Returned to Egypt with Them......Page 432
XLVI. Of the Power, and Descendants, and Death of Joseph, and His Admonition to His Brothers......Page 433
XLVII. Of the Number of Years from the Beginning of the World and from Adam to Joseph’s Death......Page 435
The Story of Joseph, Son of the Great Patriarch Jacob (before 1486)......Page 438
I. Prologue......Page 443
III. Joseph Recites What He Had Dreamed......Page 444
IV. Joseph Goes to the Wilderness to Approach His Brothers; and on the Attributes of Envy......Page 445
V. Joseph’s Brothers Plot His Death; Reuben Admonishes Them Not to Commit So Ugly a Crime......Page 446
VI. Joseph’s Brothers Throw Him into the Cistern, Where He Humbly Supplicates Our Lord God in Devout Prayer......Page 447
VIII. The Brothers Send Joseph’s Bloodstained Robe to Jacob, His Father......Page 448
X. Joseph’s Lament on His Mother’s Grave......Page 449
XI. Joseph’s Mistress Falls in Love with Him......Page 450
XII. Joseph’s Mistress Reveals Her Unchaste Love to Him......Page 451
XIII. Joseph Replies to His Mistress’ Unchaste Words......Page 452
XV. Joseph’s Mistress Accuses Him of Unchaste Boldness......Page 453
XVI. Joseph’s Master Orders Him Taken to Jail......Page 454
XVII. King Pharaoh’s Cupbearer and Baker Recite to Joseph What They Had Dreamt......Page 455
XIX. The Cupbearer Tells the King of Joseph’s Great Knowledge......Page 456
XX. After Delivering Joseph from Jail, the King Tells Him His Dreams......Page 457
XXII. Because of the General Famine, People Come to Joseph from All the Provinces to Buy Wheat......Page 458
XXIII. Joseph’s Brothers Come to Egypt to Buy Wheat......Page 459
XXV. Simeon Stays in Jail for All the Brothers; the Others Return Home......Page 460
XXVI. They Find the Money They Had Paid in Their Bags; and They Tell Jacob What Had Happened to Them in Egypt......Page 461
XXVII. Jacob Admonishes His Sons to Go Back for Wheat; They Reply That They Cannot Return Unless They Take Benjamin......Page 462
XXVIII. Jacob Consents for Benjamin to Go Down to Egypt with His Brothers......Page 463
XXIX. The Brothers Return to Egypt with Benjamin......Page 464
XXX. The Brothers Appear before Joseph......Page 465
XXXI. Joseph Entertains His Eleven Brothers at a Solemn Banquet......Page 466
XXXII. The Viceroy’s Majordomo Arrests the Brothers, Accusing Them of Theft......Page 467
XXXIII. The Brothers Go before the Viceroy, Begging for Mercy......Page 468
XXXIV. Judah Begs the Viceroy to Take Him as Slave instead of Benjamin......Page 469
XXXV. The Viceroy Reveals to His Brothers Who He Is......Page 471
XXXVII. The Prayer That Jacob Addressed to Our Lord When He Heard That Joseph Was Living in Great Prosperity......Page 472
XXXVIII. Jacob Arrives in Egypt......Page 473
CXVIII. From the Story of Asseneth. Of Asseneth’s arrogance......Page 474
CXIX. Of how Joseph dissuaded her from worshiping idols......Page 475
CXX. Of Asseneth’s penance and angelic consolation......Page 476
CXXI. Of the table and the honey-comb which she set before the Angel......Page 477
XCCII. Of the blessing of the seven virgins and Asseneth’s marriage......Page 478