8.3 Application

8.3.1 Questions for individual work/Group work/Discussion

1. Can the quintessence of the Joseph story: “You intended to do evil to me, but God intended to do good” (50:20) also be proven with present events?
2. How can it be explained that in the story of Joseph pagan customs (temple virgin, reading coffee grounds, fertility blessing) occur three times without any criticism?
3. Where can you find more stories in the OT, in which the woman, who actually has no rights in the Orient, plays the heroic role?
4. Where are great lines to be discovered throughout Genesis?