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ID: 901000525
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000525
Record Type: Character/Person

Joseph, son of Jacob (Old Testament character)

Note: In the Old Testament, son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Rachel. As Jacob’s name became synonymous with all Israel, so that of Joseph was eventually equated with all the tribes that made up the northern kingdom. According to tradition, his bones were buried at Shechem, oldest of the northern shrines (Joshua 24:32). His story is told in Genesis (37–50).

Names:
Joseph, son of Jacob (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Joseph, the Patriarch (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Joseph (Old Testament character) (English,U,N)
Hovsēpʻ Geghetsʻik (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Iosif Prekrasnyĭ (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Iosif (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Joesoep (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Jusuf, Kandjeng Nabi (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Kanjeng Nabi Yusuf (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Yehosef (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Yosef (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
Yūsuf al-Ṣiddiq (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
יוסף (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)
יוסף בן יעקב אבינו (Old Testament character) (Hebrew,U,N)
يوسف الصديق (Old Testament character) (Arabic,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
........<Old Testament characters> (P)
............Joseph, son of Jacob (Old Testament character) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Joseph's sons blessed by Jacob
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Life of Joseph, son of Jacob (Abrahamic religion narrative), Joseph's sons blessed by Jacob (Old Testament narrative)) [901002140]
is actor for .... Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Life of Joseph, son of Jacob (Abrahamic religion narrative), Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (Abrahamic religion narrative)) [901000526]
is actor for .... Life of Joseph, son of Jacob
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Life of Joseph, son of Jacob (Abrahamic religion narrative)) [901001925]
child of .... Jacob
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Jacob (Old Testament character)) [901000501]
child of .... Rachel
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Rachel (Old Testament character)) [901001913]
sibling of .... Benjamin
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Benjamin (Old Testament character)) [901001914]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... religious character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... patriarch
.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Joseph, son of Jacob (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 79097427
Joseph, the Patriarch (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Joseph (Old Testament character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Hovsēpʻ Geghetsʻik (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iosif Prekrasnyĭ (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iosif (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Joesoep (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Jusuf, Kandjeng Nabi (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Kanjeng Nabi Yusuf (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Yehosef (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Yosef (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Yūsuf al-Ṣiddiq (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
יוסף (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
יוסף בן יעקב אבינו (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
يوسف الصديق (Old Testament character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Joseph," accessed 30 June 2017
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

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