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The literary roles of Reuben and Judah in Genesis narratives: A ‘reflection complex’

Kraut, Judah·2018·Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
DOI 10.1177/0309089217711029
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Scholars have long perceived a relationship among Genesis narratives involving Reuben and Judah. Most treatments, historical in orientation, focus on the authorial and editorial processes that produced two episodes in which ‘competing’ Reuben and Judah narratives are preserved: the sale of Joseph (Gen. 37) and the guardianship of Benjamin (Gen. 42-3). Even literary studies of the Reuben and Judah characters typically address only some of the relevant narratives and reach limited conclusions about the characters’ import. This study, in contrast, contends that all of the Reuben and Judah narrative passages in Genesis—whatever the processes leading to their inclusion—comprise a latent complex with a literary purpose. Reuben and Judah compel Jacob to reconsider behaviors from his own life, reminding their father—respectively—of his failings and his nobler aspects. I dub this dynamic a ‘reflection complex’, consisting of multifarious intertextual links, including multiple instances of the ‘reflection stories’ described by Yair Zakovitch.

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Authors
Kraut, J.
Affiliations
Princeton University (US)
Corresponding author
Kraut, Judah
Venue
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2018-12
Volume
43
Issue
2
Pages
205-227
ISSN
  • 0309-0892 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-6728
DOI
10.1177/0309089217711029
OpenAlex
W2916677408
Semantic Scholar
1ebcd96151de9e439f3a6296b0ae1af9c5052929
Cited by
12
References
13
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2021: 1
FWCI
3.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Narrative Theory and Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
Keywords
Reuben, Judah, Genesis, intertextuality, Jacob, Hebrew Bible

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Kraut, J. (2018). The literary roles of Reuben and Judah in Genesis narratives: A ‘reflection complex’. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309089217711029