Joseph and Asenath

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Excerpt from Joseph and Asenath: The Confession and Prayer of Asenath, Daughter of Pentephres the Priest The "Book of Joseph and Asenath, " or, as it is otherwise called, the "Confession and Prayer of Asenath, " was made known to the medieval world in the Speculum Historiale of Vincent of Beauvais (circ. 1260), and a French version of his text, made by John de Vigny in the fourteenth century, was printed in 1495, and a German version in 1539 , an Icelandic version also exists in MS. in the British Museum. Vincent's text was published by Fabricius in his Cod. Pseudepigr. V. T., and followed by a Greek fragment from the Oxford MS. Barocc. 148 (1713-23). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.