2) Joseph and his brothers. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Joseph and his brothers The sons of Jacob. According to the Book of Genesis, Joseph was Jacob s favorite son. To show his love for Joseph, Jacob gave him a coat of...

3) Joseph, in the Bible. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Joseph, in the Bible, one of the heroes of the patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis. He is presented as the favored son of Jacob and Rachel, sold as a boy...

4) Joseph (A). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...One not to be seduced from his continency by the severest temptation. The reference is to Joseph in Potiphar s house. (Gen. xxxix.) (See BELLEROPHON.) 1 A joseph....

5) §2. Joseph Smith; Contents. XXVIII. Popular Bibles. Vol. 18. Later National Literature, Part III. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...Again, when Joseph Smith received in 1827—as the Book affirms—the Golden Plates first published in 1830, the New World, particularly west of the Aleghanies, was plunging...

6) Joseph, Nez Perce chief. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Joseph, Nez Percé chief, (Chief Joseph), c.1840-1904, chief of a group of Nez Perce. On his father's death in 1871, Joseph became leader of one of the groups that...

7) Saint Joseph. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Saint Joseph, city (1990 pop. 71,852), Buchanan co., NW Mo., on the Missouri R.; 39°45'N 94°49'W. It is the trade center of a rich agr. and farming area. The city...

8) §7. "Joseph Andrews" and "Pamela;" The character of Parson Adams. II. Fielding and Smollett. Vol. 10. The Age of Johnson. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...intention till it became his first published novel, The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. As Pamela was tempted by...

9) Mecca Suras. The Chapter of Joseph (peace be on him!). 1909-14. Chapters from the Koran. The Harvard Classics
...inspiring thee with this Qur ân, though thou wert before it among the heedless. 3 When Joseph said to his father, O my sire! verily, I saw eleven stars, and the sun,...

10) Pulitzer, Joseph. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Pulitzer, Joseph, (poo´litsr, pyoo´-) (KEY) , 1847-1911, American newspaper publisher and politician, b. Hungary. He emigrated to the United States in 1864, served...