Is Oedipus a Myth?

In all mythologies, the scapegoat hero has been portrayed as guilty. Gerard finds this innovation all the more striking because the tales are otherwise so similar. The difference between Joseph and Oedipus culminates for Gerard in the Bible Story's final episode when Joseph finally confronts his brothers. In the course of that confrontation, a possibility unknown to mythology is revealed. Joseph has solved the problem of Pharaoh. Pharaoh has made him, his prime minister.