A primary theme of the first story in Joseph and Aseneth (Jos. Asen. 1–21) is the conversion of an Egyptian to the worship of the living God, motivated by romantic attraction. In this respect, Joseph and Aseneth is one among many ancient novelistic writings to use a story about intermarriage, in this case the marriage of a Hebrew to an Egyptian, as a means to explore themes related to hybridity. Though different in tone, I propose that the second story (Jos. Asen. 22–29) is equally concerned with hybridity and that it can likewise be read as expressing an intercultural sensibility that is open to gentile incorporation and intermarriage through its imitation—and subversion—of literary models from two different cultural domains, the Jewish Scriptures (the rape of Dinah; the slaying of Goliath) and classical Greek literature (the abduction of Helen).

Joseph and Aseneth（Jos. Asen. 1-21）的第一个故事的主要主题是埃及人在浪漫吸引的推动下皈依永生上帝。在这方面，Joseph 和 Aseneth 是许多古代小说作品中的一个，它使用关于通婚的故事，在这种情况下，希伯来人和埃及人的婚姻，作为探索与杂交相关主题的手段。虽然语气不同，但我认为第二个故事（Jos. Asen. 22-29）同样关注混合性，同样可以被解读为表达了一种跨文化的敏感性，通过其模仿对异教徒的融合和通婚开放——并且颠覆——来自两个不同文化领域的文学模式，犹太圣经（底拿的强奸；歌利亚的杀戮）和希腊古典文学（海伦的绑架）。