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The purpose of this article is to examine the following question in the novel “Joseph and Aseneth”: in beginning a
|reflection on the relationship between Israel and other peoples in terms of faith-sharing and life, how has this novel “built
|bridges”, both theologically and concretely, in order to create the conditions on which such a rapprochement could take
|place? After some historical and literary remarks, the article traces the path that leads Aseneth from the abandonment of
|idolatry to the faith in the God of the Patriarchs. The major obstacle to the rapprochement between Aseneth and the God of
|Joseph is ignorance, the consequence of which is idolatry. In the final analysis, the “conversion” of Aseneth is motivated by
|a reflection of wisdom and not by teaching of Torah.