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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Another Monday, another article for you! Gillian Glass' "Redefining Diaspora as Home through Realised Metaphor: The Polisification of Aseneth" does exactly what the title claims, demonstrating how biblical tradition is negotiated in the novel: (1/3) 🧵 avarjournal.com/avar/article...

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Coining the term "polisification," because Aseneth's transformation is similar to but quite different from City-is-Woman metaphors, Glass argues that this realized metaphor replaces Aseneth as home for the displaced house of Jacob. (2/3)

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