In this episode, we welcome Dr. Samuel Emadi to discuss his book From Prisoner to Prince: The Joseph story in biblical theology. Sam takes us through highlights of the Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50), and its place in Genesis, as a whole. Moreover, how was the Joseph Story used by the Lord in the Parable of the Tenants and in Stephen’s Speech? Why did the early Christians so clearly see Joseph as a type of Christ – and few modern scholars see any connection? Sam also answers the question of how we make sure our (the reader’s) seeing of biblical “types” is objective and truly derived from the text rather than subjective and imposed upon them.  

Book: Prisoner to Prince: The Joseph story in biblical theology 

Podcast: Bible Talk 

“What the Joseph Story is Really About” (TGC) 

Hunsinger Lane Baptist Church (Louisville, Kentucky) 

Also check out article: “The Religion that Reads (but Doesn’t Respect) The Bible” 

“What Designates a Valid Type? A Christotelic, Covenantal Proposal” by David Schrock 

The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal about the Greatest Teacher by Peter Williams 

Figuring Resurrection: Joseph as a Death and Resurrection Figure in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism by Jeffrey Pulse 

On Joseph Smith changing the text of Genesis 50, including writing in a prophecy of himself, with no evidence other than his own asserted authority: see here and here.