The Story of Joseph

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Moses: The Story of Joseph from the King James Bible (Course Pack).
          BLOG: Think carefully about the reading questions at the end of the story of Joseph.
Consider our class discussion about epic heroes. How is Joseph an epic hero? What epic things does he accomplish? How many lives are affected by his behavior/choices? Include image of Joseph from The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

[Ancient Eastern Text]: The Story of Joseph from the Koran (Course Pack).
          BLOG: The Koran version of the story of Joseph differs from the KJV in several ways. Discuss at least two of them. Find a modern piece of literature, a song, or a movie that illustrates a concept from the Story of Joseph. Explain it here and imbed the piece. 

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          The story of Joseph, as told in the KJV, tells of Joseph's rise to Egypt from a lowly household. By starting off with seeing dreams of everyone bowing down to him, Jacob was viewed as crazy and foolish, causing his brothers to be jealous of him. He slowly works his way up from being a poor  man to keeping the grain in the country from running out during the famine. Joseph can be considered an epic hero because he thinks with a humbled mind and uses his strong relationship with God to consider the best options to his problems. Joseph also shows forgiveness and compassion which are his two largest heroic attributes. Some of the heroic acts Joseph accomplishes include: saving his family from a most certain famine, forgiving his brothers after they selfishly sold him, and saving the country of Egypt by stockhousing seed for the famine. As one can see, Joseph affected the lives of not only his family, but every person in Egypt as well.

          After reading the Koran's version of the story of Joseph, it's easy to see how different it is from the KJV. First of all, Joseph's father mildly suspects Joseph's brothers of betrayal or some sort of ill will towards Joseph. This is different from the KJV in that his father was completely oblivious of any ill-will in the KJV. Another difference in the two versions is the lie that the brothers give as to the whereabouts of Joseph. In the KJV it's more believable because they don't have an excuse whereas, in the Koran's version they say that he was eaten by a wolf while they were out running races.

          The song by the Lost Temples: The Underdog, is a perfect song that fits with the story of Joseph in my opinion. The Underdog talks about how the small rises up to be big, and in truth that is what Joseph, in both stories, ended up doing. Going from being poor to rich and from not being in power to having three different aspects relying on him. Christianity, Judaism and Egypt all rely on Joseph's actions.