Joseph and His Brothers

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novel cycle tetralogy work of fiction

Joseph and His Brothers is a monumental four-part novel cycle by Thomas Mann that retells and elaborates the biblical story of Joseph with rich psychological, historical, and mythological detail.

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Joseph in Egypt 1
Joseph und seine Brüder 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel cycle ⓘ
tetralogy ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
author Thomas Mann ⓘ
basedOn Biblical story of Joseph ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
creator Thomas Mann ⓘ
explores development of individual consciousness ⓘ
relationship between myth and monotheism ⓘ
featuresCharacter Benjamin ⓘ
Jacob ⓘ
Judah son of Jacob ⓘ
surface form: Judah

Leah ⓘ
Pharaoh ⓘ
Potiphar ⓘ
Potiphar's wife ⓘ
Rachel ⓘ
genre historical novel ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
mythological fiction ⓘ
hasBiblicalSource Book of Genesis ⓘ
hasPart Joseph and His Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Joseph in Egypt

Joseph the Provider ⓘ
Stories of Jacob ⓘ
surface form: The Stories of Jacob

Young Joseph ⓘ
language German ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
literarySignificance important 20th-century German novel cycle ⓘ
major work in Thomas Mann's oeuvre ⓘ
mainCharacter Joseph ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
notableFor elaborate narrative style ⓘ
extensive mythological references ⓘ
psychological depth ⓘ
numberOfParts 4 ⓘ
originalTitle Joseph and His Brothers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Joseph und seine Brüder
publicationEndYear 1943 ⓘ
publicationStartYear 1933 ⓘ
publisher S. Fischer Verlag ⓘ
setInPeriod Ancient Near East ⓘ
setting Canaan ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
structure four-volume narrative ⓘ
theme faith and doubt ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
identity and destiny ⓘ
interpretation of biblical tradition ⓘ
myth and history ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Joseph in Egypt
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this entity surface form: Joseph und seine Brüder