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Tanakh & the Ancient Near East Index – Parashat Miketz
Dream Narratives and Interpretation
- For an extensive treatment of dream narratives and interpretation in the Ancient Near East, see The Interpretation of Dreams in the Ancient Near East by A. Leo Oppenheim.
Egyptian Words in the Yosef Narrative
- See Egyptian Background to the Yosef Narratives, which explores Egyptian loanwords that appear in the Biblical narrative of Yosef.
- See Cognates and Loanwords for more extensive discussion of the etymology and
meaning of these words. - See Egyptian Loanwords as Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus and Wilderness Traditions by Benjamin J. Noonan, which argues that the appearance of Egyptian words in the Biblical text indicates the authenticity of its narratives relating to Egypt.
Yosef’s Economic Plan
- See The Development of Taxation in the Bible: Improvements in Counting, Measurement, and Computation in the Ancient Middle East, by Manuel L. Jose and Charles K. Moore, for an analysis of taxing systems in Tanakh, beginning with Yosef’s policies in Egypt.
Governmental Hierarchy in Ancient Egypt
For an overview of the governmental and social hierarchy of Ancient Egypt and an understanding of Yosef’s position, see The Social Structure of Ancient Egypt.
