Editing Potiphar (section)

==Cultural references==
[[File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 065.jpg|thumb|Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife, by [[Rembrandt van Rijn]], 1655.]]
*In art, the subject is most commonly shown in the [[Power of Women]] ''topos''. 
* There is a Persian poem called [[Yusuf and Zulaikha]] in [[Jami]]'s ''[[Haft Awrang]]'' ("Seven thrones")
*In ''[[The Divine Comedy]]'', [[Dante]] sees the shade of Potiphar's wife in the eighth circle of [[Hell]]. She does not speak, but Dante is told by another spirit that, along with other [[perjury|perjurers]], she is condemned to suffer a burning [[fever]] for all eternity.
*In the [[John Sayles]] film ''[[Matewan]]'', [[Will Oldham]] plays a young minister boy who preaches the story of Potiphar to his small town.
*In [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]]'s musical ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'', Potiphar is a tycoon of ancient Egypt who made his wealth through buying shares in pyramids ("Potiphar had made a huge pile, owned a large percentage of the Nile"). His wife is a seductive [[Femme fatale|man-eater]]. Both feature in the song "Potiphar".
*In [[John Keats]]' poem, "On Fame", Keats calls Fame "Sister-in-law to jealous Potiphar".
*In the animated film ''[[Joseph: King of Dreams]]'', before having him jailed for allegedly assaulting his wife, Potiphar takes notice of Joseph's intelligence and makes him a chief slave in his household. He orders Joseph to be executed for the attempted rape of his wife; when she asks him to stop, Potiphar realizes Joseph was telling the truth of his innocence and instead has him jailed to save face, though he shows significant disgust at his wife. Potiphar later brings Joseph to Pharaoh, who is plagued by inexplicable dreams, and expresses deep regret for having Joseph put in prison, but Joseph understands and forgives Potiphar. After Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams, Pharaoh asks Potiphar if he trusts Joseph, to which he responds that he trusts Joseph "with [his] life." Potiphar is also present when Joseph reunites with his brothers.
*In ''[[Joseph and his Brothers]]'', [[Thomas Mann]] suggests that Potiphar's wife is sexually frustrated partly because Potiphar is a [[eunuch]].
* In Margaret Atwood's [[The Testaments]], the sequel to ''The Handmaid's Tale,'' Potiphar's wife is referred to in Chapter 46 of the Ardua Hall Holograph storyline as narrated by Aunt Lydia. She mentions that Dr. Grove defended himself against attempted rape charges through the Potiphar vignette.
* Czechoslovak author Valdemar Vinař wrote ''La skandalo pro Jozefo,'' an original work of fiction in [[Esperanto]], relating the story from the viewpoints of five different witnesses.