An Egyptian Rapunzel: Were Both Joseph & Asenath Held Captive?

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Fact or Fiction: Joseph’s wife Asenath was held captive in a tower before she married Joseph? Well, I counted it as sort of both. An ancient Jewish novel, written sometime between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D., tells the story of Joseph and Asenath. It was reworked a few centuries later as ancient Christian fiction! Fascinating, huh, to think that “biblical …