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Reynolds provides provides 11 clear examples of this:<ref name=":4" /> | Reynolds provides provides 11 clear examples of this:<ref name=":4" /> | ||
# Joseph’s singular dream: the Qur’an has only one dream (unlike the Book of Genesis which has two) | # Joseph’s singular dream: in the Qur’an he has only one dream (unlike the Book of Genesis which has two) which he tells directly to his father Jacob, who warns him to keep it secret in case it leads his brothers to seek him harm - matching Pseudo-Narsai’s homily (5th-century Syriac Christian).<ref>Ibid. pp76, pp81</ref> | ||
# The brothers' plot to kill Joseph: the Qur’an has the brothers plotting at home, not spontaneously in the fields - also found in Pseudo-Narsai.<ref>Ibid. pp78, pp82</ref> | # The brothers' plot to kill Joseph: the Qur’an has the brothers plotting at home, not spontaneously in the fields - also found in Pseudo-Narsai.<ref>Ibid. pp78, pp82</ref> | ||
# The wolf motif: the Qur’an specifies a wolf instead of a vague “wild animal” in Genesis - which links to Christian tradition (Pseudo-Narsai) who calls the brothers “wolves” and Joseph “a lamb,” echoing Gospel imagery of shepherds/sheep<ref>Ibid. pp78, pp82-83</ref>. | # The wolf motif: the Qur’an specifies a wolf instead of a vague “wild animal” as in Genesis - which links to Christian tradition (Pseudo-Narsai) who calls the brothers “wolves” and Joseph “a lamb,” echoing Gospel imagery of shepherds/sheep<ref>Ibid. pp78, pp82-83</ref>. | ||
# Joseph in the pit: the Qur’an has Joseph comforted by God in the pit (''jubb''; {{Quran|12|15}}) - which again follows a report in Pseudo-Narsai of revelation to Joseph in the pit (Syriac ''gubbā'').<ref name=":5">Ibid. pp78, pp83</ref> | # Joseph in the pit: the Qur’an has Joseph comforted by God in the pit (''jubb''; {{Quran|12|15}}) - which again follows a report in Pseudo-Narsai of revelation to Joseph in the pit (Syriac ''gubbā'').<ref name=":5">Ibid. pp78, pp83</ref> | ||
# Jacob’s (Joseph's father) response to the bloody shirt: the Qur’an has Jacob suspecting deception - reflected in homilies from Ephrem and Balai, who also have Jacob reason that the brothers’ story is false.<ref name=":5" /> | # Jacob’s (Joseph's father) response to the bloody shirt: the Qur’an has Jacob suspecting deception - reflected in homilies from Ephrem and Balai, who also have Jacob reason that the brothers’ story is false.<ref name=":5" /> | ||