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"more-or-less naked" > "more or less naked" as it seems to mean not "approximately" but that the nakedness varies between pictures.
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The medieval [[Sefer haYashar (midrash)|Sefer HaYashar]], a commentary on the [[Torah]], gives Potiphar's wife's name as ''Zuleikha'', as do many Islamic traditions - thus the Persian poem called [[Yusuf and Zulaikha]] from [[Jami]]'s ''[[Haft Awrang]]'' "Seven thrones".
 
The story became prevalent in Western art during the Renaissance and [[Baroque]] periods, usually depicting the moment when Joseph tears himself away from the bed containing a more- or- less naked figure of Potiphar's wife. [[Persian miniature]]s often illustrate [[Yusuf and Zulaikha]] in [[Jami]]'s ''[[Haft Awrang]]'' ("Seven thrones").
 
==Religious references==