Transcribing Wisdom:Transformations of the Joseph Legend from the Ancient Near East up until Islamic Times

“抄录智慧”研究项目的目的是建立和阐述包括犹太教、基督教和伊斯兰教传统的圣经解释学方法。探究的主题是从希伯来圣经到伊斯兰时代的各种各样的记录中对约瑟夫的叙述。从文化研究中获得洞见的新的经文解释学方法，将补充历时性的视角，从旧约、晚期古代评论文化和文学文本到古兰经和伊斯兰传说的各种来源中，对约瑟夫的不同形象进行分析。该项目提出了四种解释学方法，通过这些方法，将文化研究中发展起来的元素引入古兰经注释领域，并丰富旧约、新约和古兰经注释之间的跨学科对话。在不同的约瑟故事中扮演重要角色的物品，如国王的杯子、衣服和庄稼，都有了新的亮点。这些对象不被视为动机或文学元素，而是作为知识的对象，对历史性和身份的特殊理解与传播和解释的背景不同。在大多数约瑟夫故事中突出的性别和权力方面将从历时的角度进行分析和比较，并将其置于上下文中。“深层心理”圣经解释学方法是圣经研究中的一种既定的训诂工具，但也存在争议，根本没有引入古兰经研究。约瑟夫的故事是比较深层心理学方法的完美出发点，因为它反映了个体转变和个性化的过程，这在古代晚期的文学中很突出。4. 第四种方法是强调先知身体的不同形象，以及与之相关的神与人交流的概念。通过关注不同轨迹的历时性发展，该项目起到了示范作用。它通过展示犹太教、早期基督教和伊斯兰教背景下的文本和训诂实践的连续性和参与，强调了据称不同的文化和宗教传统和地区之间的相互纠缠。建立了一个启发式概念，将不同的解释学案例研究联系在一起。更好地理解和描述古代和古代晚期约瑟夫故事的连续性和多样性，改编模式，重复，否定和变化的关键概念是：智慧和转录。

The research project "Transcribing Wisdom" aims at establishing and elaborating methodologies for scriptural hermeneutics embracing Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions. Subject of inquiry is the narrative of Joseph in its various and heterogeneous records from the Hebrew Bible up until Islamic times. New hermeneutical approaches to scripture, taking insights from cultural studies, shall supplement the diachronic perspective on the different figurations of Joseph in the variety of sources from the Old Testament, late antique commentary cultures and literary texts until the Quran and Islamic lore.The project suggests four hermeneutical approaches by which elements developed in cultural studies are introduced to the field of Quranic exegesis and interdisciplinary dialogue between the exegesis of Old Testament, New Testament and Quran is meant to be enriched.1. New light is shed on objects that play a crucial role in the different Joseph stories, such as the cup of the King, the garment, and the crops. Those objects are treated not as motives or literary elements, but as objects of knowledge, to which particular understandings of historicity and identity are attached that differ with the contexts of transmission and interpretation.2. Aspects of gender and power that figure prominently in most Joseph stories are to be analysed and compared in diachronic perspective and put into context.3. The method of „deep-psychological“ scriptural hermeneutics which is an established, if also controversially debated, exegetical tool in biblical studies, has not been introduced to Quranic studies at all. The Joseph story is a perfect point of departure for a comparative deep-psychological approach, because it reflects a process of individual transformation and individuation that stands out in the literatures of late antiquity. 4. A fourth approach consists in highlighting different figurations of the prophetic body and the notions of divine-human communication attached to it.By focussing on the diachronic development in the different trajectories, the project serves an exemplary function. It stresses reciprocal entanglements of supposedly distinct cultural and religious traditions and regions by showing continuity and participation in textual and exegetical practises from the contexts of Judaism, early Christianity and Islam.A heuristic concept was established to tie the different hermeutical case studies together. Key notions for better understanding and describing the continuity and diversity, the modes of adaption, repetition, negation and change of the Joseph stories in antiquity and late antiquity are: wisdom and transcription.