Skip to content

Ploni Almoni

A Latter-day Saint Blog

  • Home
  • About
  • Publications & Multimedia
    • Articles & Book Chapters
    • Online Papers & Blog Posts
    • Student Review
    • Multimedia
      • Miscellaneous
      • Scripture Roundtable Discussions

Aseneth

Flirt to Convert: Joseph and Aseneth

August 28, 2017March 24, 2014

Pictured: an authentic ancient portrait of Aseneth dated to the New Kingdom (circa 1400 BCE). Today I taught lesson 12 in Sunday School on Joseph in Egypt. One verse I highlighted was Genesis 41:45. Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, as his wife. Thus … Read more

Tags apocrypha, Aseneth, Joseph of Egypt, Old Testament, pseudepigrapha

Resources

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • The Joseph Smith Papers
  • Church History
  • Revelations in Context
  • Gospel Topics
  • Book of Mormon Central
  • The Interpreter Foundation
  • FairMormon
  • LDS Perspectives Podcast
  • Joseph Smith’s Polygamy
  • BYU Religious Studies Center
  • The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Subscribe

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

© 2025 Ploni Almoni