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What are the four parts of Thomas Mann’s Joseph and His Brothers series?
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The tetralogy Joseph and His Brothers, written by the German author Thomas Mann, consists of the following four novels:
- Die Geschichten Jaakobs (1933; The Tales of Jacob)12
- Der junge Joseph (1934; Young Joseph)12
- Joseph in Ägypten (1936; Joseph in Egypt)12
- Joseph der Ernährer (1943; Joseph the Provider)12
This epic work reinterprets the biblical narrative from the Book of Genesis to explore the emergence of individual identity from the tribal collective and the transition from myth to history.12