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The Prayer of Joseph is a pseudepigraphic writing of the Old Testament. It was composed either in Aramaic or in Greek in the 1st century AD. The text is almost lost and only a few fragments have survived in ancient quotations concerning the Biblical patriarch Jacob. The Prayer of Joseph narrates that Jacob was the incarnation of the angel Israel who competed with Uriel over their rank in heaven.
References
- ↑ Stone, Michael E. (1991). Selected Studies in Pseudepigrapha and Apocrypha: With Special Reference to the Armenian Tradition. BRILL. pp. 112–123. ISBN 978-90-04-09343-0.
- ↑ DiTommaso, Lorenzo; Henze, Matthias; Adler, William (2017-11-27). The Embroidered Bible: Studies in Biblical Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in Honour of Michael E. Stone. BRILL. p. 289. ISBN 978-90-04-35721-1.
- ↑ Early Jewish Writings website, Testament of Jacob
- ↑ Scribd website, Testament of Jacob document
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