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This chapter analyzes the Scriptures in several hymns prescribed for Holy Monday, whose central theme is chastity as exemplified by the Joseph story (Gen 37–50). Aspects of Joseph’s story (i.e., being sold by his brothers, refusing the lures of Potiphar’s wife and enduring imprisonment, his ascension to power) are fused together in this day’s hymns. By enduring trials and resisting temptations, Joseph is a type of Christ whose integrity remained undefiled by temptations and trials. Jacob lamenting the loss of his son was portrayed by hymnographers as a type of God lamenting his crucified son. “Trials and scourges” referring to divine judgment of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Macc 7:37) was transferred by hymnographers to Christ’s Passion. The Holy Week’s ubiquitous motif of the “Midnight Bridegroom” (Matt 25:1–13) interconnects with the chastity theme, pointing to watchfulness (i.e., awaiting the coming [Parousia] of Jesus the Bridegroom) as a prerequisite of chastity.
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This chapter analyzes the Scriptures in several hymns prescribed for Holy Monday, whose central theme is chastity as exemplified by the Joseph story (Gen 37–50).
Aspects of Joseph’s story (i.
e.
, being sold by his brothers, refusing the lures of Potiphar’s wife and enduring imprisonment, his ascension to power) are fused together in this day’s hymns.
By enduring trials and resisting temptations, Joseph is a type of Christ whose integrity remained undefiled by temptations and trials.
Jacob lamenting the loss of his son was portrayed by hymnographers as a type of God lamenting his crucified son.
“Trials and scourges” referring to divine judgment of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (2 Macc 7:37) was transferred by hymnographers to Christ’s Passion.
The Holy Week’s ubiquitous motif of the “Midnight Bridegroom” (Matt 25:1–13) interconnects with the chastity theme, pointing to watchfulness (i.
e.
, awaiting the coming [Parousia] of Jesus the Bridegroom) as a prerequisite of chastity.
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