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| '''Potiphar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|oʊ|t|iː|f|ɑːr}} {{Hebrew Name 2 |hebrew1=פּוֹטִיפַר |hebrew2=פּוֹטִיפָר |stan1=Potifar |tiber1=Pôṭîp̄ar |tiber2=Pôṭîp̄ār}}; ] origin: ''pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ'' "he whom ] gave") is a figure in the ]. Potiphar is possibly the same name as Potiphera ({{Lang-he|פוטיפרע}}) from ] ''pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ'' "he whom ] has given."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HkuCG_BG6q4C&q=p3+dj+p3+r%60+potiphar&pg=PA258|title=Egyptian Cultural Icons in Midrash|last=Ulmer|first=Rivka|date=2009-12-15|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110223934|language=en}} </ref> | '''Potiphar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|oʊ|t|iː|f|ɑːr}} {{Hebrew Name 2 |hebrew1=פּוֹטִיפַר |hebrew2=פּוֹטִיפָר |stan1=Potifar |tiber1=Pôṭîp̄ar |tiber2=Pôṭîp̄ār}}; ] origin: ''pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ'' "he whom ] gave") is a figure in the ]. Potiphar is possibly the same name as Potiphera ({{Lang-he|פוטיפרע}}) from ] ''pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ'' "he whom ] has given."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HkuCG_BG6q4C&q=p3+dj+p3+r%60+potiphar&pg=PA258|title=Egyptian Cultural Icons in Midrash|last=Ulmer|first=Rivka|date=2009-12-15|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110223934|language=en}} </ref> | ||
| Potiphar is the captain of Pharaoh's guard who is said to have purchased ] as a slave and this is very racist, impressed by his intelligence, makes him the master of his household. Unfortunately, ], who was known for her infidelities, took a liking to Joseph, and attempted to seduce him |
Potiphar is the captain of Pharaoh's guard who is said to have purchased ] as a slave and this is very racist, impressed by his intelligence, makes him the master of his household. Unfortunately, ], who was known for her infidelities, took a liking to Joseph, and attempted to seduce him. | ||
| What happened to Potiphar after that is unclear; some sources identify him as ], an Egyptian priest whose daughter, ], marries Joseph.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12316-potiphar|title=Potiphar – JewishEncyclopedia.com|website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com}}</ref> The false accusation by Potiphar's wife plays an important role in Joseph's narrative, because had he not been imprisoned, he would not have met the fellow prisoner who introduced him to Pharaoh. | |||
| The medieval ], a commentary on the ], gives Potiphar's wife's name as ], as do many Islamic traditions - thus the Persian poem called ] from ]'s '']'' ("Seven thrones"). | |||
| The story became a very common subject in Western art during the Renaissance and ] periods, usually depicting the moment when Joseph tears himself away from the bed containing a more-or-less naked figure of Potiphar's wife. ]s often illustrate ] in ]'s '']'' ("Seven thrones"). | |||
| ==Religious references== | |||
| It is difficult to tie Potiphar or Joseph accurately to a particular pharaoh or time period. According to the ], Joseph was purchased in the year 2216, which is 1544 BC, at the end of the ] or very beginning of the ]. The ] in which the story appears (see also the ] and the ]), was the earliest written of the three: c. 600 BC during the Babylonian Exile. According to the ], the story of Potiphar and his wife is credited to the ] source, and stands in the same place that the stories of the butler and the baker and Pharaoh's dreams stand in the ] text. | |||
| ==Islam== | |||
| The story is first related in ]: An Egyptian purchases Joseph and proposes to adopt him. The Egyptian's wife endeavours to seduce Joseph but he was preserved from her enticements. She accuses Joseph of an attempt to dishonour her. The rent in his garment testifies Joseph's innocence. Azeez believes Joseph and condemns his wife. The sin of Azeez's wife becomes known in the city (]). The wives of other noblemen, seeing Joseph's beauty, call him an angel. Azeez's wife declares her purpose to imprison Joseph unless he yield to her solicitations. Joseph seeks protection from God who hears his prayer and turns aside their snares but Joseph is imprisoned notwithstanding his innocence.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wherry |first1=Elwood Morris |author1-link=Elwood Morris Wherry |title=A Complete Index to ], Preliminary Discourse, and Notes |date=1896 |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co |location=London}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> | |||
| ==Cultural references== | |||
| ], 1655.]] | |||
| *In art the subject is one of the most commonly shown in the ] ''topos''. | |||
| * There is a Persian poem called ] in ]'s '']'' ("Seven thrones") | |||
| *In '']'', ] sees the shade of Potiphar's wife in the eighth circle of ]. She does not speak, but Dante is told by another spirit that, along with other ], she is condemned to suffer a burning ] for all eternity. | |||
| *In the ] film '']'', ] plays a young minister boy who preaches the story of Potiphar to his small town. | |||
| *In ] and ]'s musical '']'', Potiphar is a tycoon of ancient Egypt who made his wealth through buying shares in pyramids, ("Potiphar had made a huge pile, owned a large percentage of the Nile"). His wife is a seductive ]. Both feature in the song "Potiphar". | |||
| *In ]' poem, "On Fame", Keats calls Fame "Sister-in-law to jealous Potiphar". | |||
| *In the animated film '']'', prior to having him jailed for allegedly assaulting his wife, Potiphar takes notice of Joseph's intelligence and makes him a chief slave in his household. He orders Joseph to be executed for the attempted rape of his wife, but when she asks him to stop, Potiphar realizes Joseph was telling the truth of his innocence and instead has him jailed to save face, though he shows great disgust at his wife. Potiphar later brings Joseph to Pharaoh, who is plagued by inexplicable dreams, and expresses deep regret for having Joseph put in prison, but Joseph understands and forgives Potiphar. After Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams, Pharaoh asks Potiphar if he trusts Joseph, to which he responds that he trusts Joseph "with life." Potiphar also is present when Joseph reunites with his brothers. | |||
| *In '']'', ] suggests that Potiphar's wife is sexually frustrated partly because Potiphar is a ]. | |||
| * In Margaret Atwood's ], the sequel to ''The Handmaid's Tale,'' Potiphor's wife is referred to in Chapter 46 of the Ardua Hall Holograph storyline as narrated by Aunt Lydia. She mentions that Dr. Grove defended himself against attempted rape charges through the Potiphar vignette. | |||
| * Czechoslovak author Valdemar Vinař wrote ''La skandalo pro Jozefo,'' an original work of fiction in ], relating the story from the viewpoints of five different witnesses. | |||
| ==Gallery== | |||
| <gallery perrow="7" widths="160px" heights="160px" caption="Joseph and Potiphar's Wife in Art"> | |||
| File:Nuremberg chronicles f 27r 2.png|from the 1493 '']'' | |||
| File:Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifarre, Ludovico Cigoli, Roma, Galleria Borghese (1610), olio su tela.jpg|Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by ] | |||
| File:Guercino_Gius_moglie_Putif..jpg| ], ''Joseph and Potiphar's Wife'', 1649 | |||
| File:Bartolomé Esteban Perez Murillo - Joseph and Potiphar's Wife - WGA16386.jpg| Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by ] | |||
| File:Jean-Baptiste Nattier - Joseph and Potiphar's Wife - WGA16449.jpg| Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by ] | |||
| Image:Joseph and Potiphar's Wife.jpg|] and Potiphar's Wife, by ] 1631 | |||
| File:Rembrandt - Joseph and Potiphar's wife.jpg|Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by ], 1634 | |||
| <!-- File:Sebald Beham Joseph und Potiphars Weib 1544.jpg|], ''Joseph and Potiphar's Wife'', 1544 --> | |||
| </gallery> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==Bibliography== | |||
| * Osman, A. (1987) ''The Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt'', Bear & Co.: Rochester, Vermont. {{ISBN|9781591430223}}. | |||
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Potiphar (/ˈpoʊtiːfɑːr/ Hebrew: פּוֹטִיפַר / פּוֹטִיפָר, Modern Potifar Tiberian Pôṭîp̄ar / Pôṭîp̄ār; Egyptian origin: pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ "he whom Ra gave") is a figure in the Hebrew Bible. Potiphar is possibly the same name as Potiphera (Template:Lang-he) from Late Egyptian pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ "he whom Ra has given."
Potiphar is the captain of Pharaoh's guard who is said to have purchased Joseph as a slave and this is very racist, impressed by his intelligence, makes him the master of his household. Unfortunately, Potiphar's wife, who was known for her infidelities, took a liking to Joseph, and attempted to seduce him.
- Ulmer, Rivka (2009-12-15). Egyptian Cultural Icons in Midrash. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110223934.