“... When referring to women, Aseneth uses the latter connotation of the young female, but the genre of this narrative produces more expectations regarding the nature of female parthenoi. In ancient Greek novels, chastity is an outward sign of noble youth, and parthenos especially describes the female protagonist, so a female parthenos in Aseneth is a heterosexually innocent woman who is unmarried, capable of producing offspring, and from a wealthy household. [...] tall like Sara, attractive like Rebekka, and beautiful like Rachel Sara, Rebekka, and Rachel are extraordinary ancestors with whom most Hebrew women cannot compare but Aseneth can. Ancient Greek novels present the female protagonists as exceptional in appearance (often likening them to goddesses), and here Aseneth’s extraordinary beauty resembles three of the epic heroines of Judaism. [...] 1:6. the report of her beauty spread . . . to fight against each other on account of her The extraordinary beauty of the female protagonist and the interest of noble suitors that her renowned looks generate are typical features in ancient Greek novels. [...] The isolation of a parthenos is a common motif in Greek literature (e.g., Callirhoe in Chariton’s Chaereas and Callirhoe 1:1–6), but it is not clear how much this was the case for parthenoi in real life. ...”