Format:
1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 185 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789004384309
Series Statement:
Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism volume 190
Content:
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Jewish Life within Egypt: A Regional Analysis of Judaism in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt -- Four Exodus Narratives of Egypt: Shared Characteristics -- Adopting the Language of the Environment of Egypt: Hydric Terminology in the Exodus Narratives -- Shifting Perceptions of the Land of Egypt -- The Quest for Origins: Jewish Perspectives on the Source of the Nile Flood -- The Fluvial Experiences of the Jews of Egypt -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.
Content:
In Waters of the Exodus , Nathalie LaCoste examines the Diasporic Jewish community in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt and their relationship to the hydric environment. By focusing on four retellings of the exodus narrative composed by Egyptian Jews—Artapanus, Ezekiel the Tragedian, Wisdom of Solomon, and Philo of Alexandria—she lays out how the hydric environment of Egypt, and specifically the Nile river, shaped the transmission of the exodus story. Mapping these observations onto the physical landscape of Egypt provides a new perspective on the formation of Jewish communities in Egypt
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004384316
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Waters of the Exodus: Jewish Experiences with Water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2018 ISBN 9789004384316
Language:
English
Keywords:
Ägypten
;
Judentum
;
Wasser
;
Bibel Exodus
;
Geschichte 323 v. Chr.-100
DOI:
10.1163/9789004384309
URL:
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