The Story of Joseph, Son of Jacob - Comment Below or Post! --REVISED POST--

Please go back and read through the favorite Genesis stories each of you wrote about. Abram and Noah were the most blogged about, but Joseph should also have a close look before we move on to Exodus.

• Read my comments and post your own comments to each other as you read through the class.

Paige wrote about Joseph and his colorful coat. Our "Genesis 37 - 41" handout summarizes his story according to the New International Version.  It's fascinating, though, to research the various versions according to scholars.  The Jewish International Library has a similar but slightly different version. Yet one more to look at is Joseph in Islam version.  If you would prefer a hard copy of the stories, you can pick them up in our handout crate in the classroom.

For your written response,

• you may post your thoughts about the different versions by commenting here (below) in the comment box, or you can respond like Jakob and Era with a new post on your own blog.  Be specific if you can.  What's the basic theme?  What is different in the two versions?
• add, if you wish, your knowledge of any of the movie versions. 

I became interested in the Joseph story in Islam because I was listening to the musician, philosopher, philanthropist Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf (Joseph), and I wondered why he chose a new name and what it meant.  He recorded a beautiful version of a popular church hymn, "Morning Has Broken," one of my favorites. I know you can learn a lot about Cat Stevens, or Yusuf, and what his life is like now by reading about him in this Rolling Stone interview.  It's an interesting article about his controversial past (his comments about Rushdie) and his renewed passion for peace.

• Read the interview and we can discuss some of his issues/challenges in class (if we have time Friday) !  No required additional response about Yusuf at this time!