Editing Asenath (section)

== Depictions ==
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File:The Repentance of Aseneth.png|This painted image, which is part of a 1475 painted Flemish manuscript of unknown origin, shows Aseneth repenting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Repentance of Aseneth (Getty Museum)|url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/4155/unknown-maker-the-repentance-of-aseneth-flemish-about-1475/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles|language=en}}</ref> This image is likely inspired by an apocryphal text that describes Aseneth rejecting her pagan religion and repenting so that she may marry Joseph.<ref name="JeEn1905">{{JewishEncyclopedia|title=Asenath, Life and Confession or Prayer Of |last=Kohler|first=Kaufmann|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1905-asenath}}</ref>
File:Aseneth Offering Bread, Wine, and Honey to an Angel.png|This painted image, which is part of a 1475 Flemish manuscript, shows Aseneth offering honey, wine, and bread to an angel.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aseneth Offering Bread, Wine, and Honey to an Angel (Getty Museum)|url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/4156/unknown-maker-aseneth-offering-bread-wine-and-honey-to-an-angel-flemish-about-1475/|access-date=2020-11-04|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles|language=en}}</ref> This image was likely inspired by an apocryphal text that describes Aseneth being visited by an angel after she rejects paganism and offering the angel bread and wine. In turn, the angel gives Aseneth a honeycomb.<ref name="JeEn1905" />
File:Aseneth Requesting the Angel's Blessing of Seven Young Women.png|This image from a 1475 Flemish manuscript shows Aseneth asking for an angel's blessing for seven young women.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aseneth Requesting the Angel's Blessing of Seven Young Women (Getty Museum)|url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/4157/unknown-maker-aseneth-requesting-the-angel%27s-blessing-of-seven-young-women-flemish-about-1475/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles|language=en}}</ref> The image is likely inspired by an apocryphal text in which Aseneth, while being visited by an angel after converting from paganism, asks the angel to bless her seven slaves.<ref name="JeEn1905" />
File:Rembrandt - Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph - WGA19117.jpg|This Rembrandt work shows Aseneth standing with her husband, Joseph, and her sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, as her father-in-law, Jacob, blesses her sons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Web Gallery of Art, searchable fine arts image database|url=https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/r//rembrand/15oldtes/21oldtes.html|access-date=2020-11-05|website=www.wga.hu}}</ref>
File:Jacob's Blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh.jpg|This image from an illuminated manuscript dating back to the 6th century shows Jacob blessing Joseph and Aseneth's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, while Joseph and Aseneth look on.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Zdansky|first=Hannah|date=February 28, 2018|title="Of hiest God, Asneth, blessed thu be": Female Readers and The Storie of Asneth|url=https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/tag/aseneth/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=Medieval Studies Research Blog}}</ref>
File:The Birth of Ephraim.jpg|This mosaic in the Venetian Basilica di San Marco shows a midwife presenting the newborn Ephraim to Joseph. Aseneth and Manasseh are also present.<ref name=":6" />
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