Waters of the Exodus: Jewish Experiences with Water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Jewish Life within Egypt: A Regional Analysis of Judaism in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt -- 1 Nile Valley -- 1.1 Edfu (Apollonopolis Magna) -- 1.2 El Kanais (El Atawla) -- 1.3 Thebes (Diospolis Magna) -- 1.4 Hermopo...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
BRILL
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism Ser
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| Further subjects: | B
Nile River-Description and travel
B Jewish literature-Egypt B Exodus, The, in literature |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: LaCoste, Nathalie: Waters of the Exodus : Jewish Experiences with Water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. - Boston : BRILL,c2018. - 9789004384316 |
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Jewish Life within Egypt: A Regional Analysis of Judaism in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt -- 1 Nile Valley -- 1.1 Edfu (Apollonopolis Magna) -- 1.2 El Kanais (El Atawla) -- 1.3 Thebes (Diospolis Magna) -- 1.4 Hermopolis Magna -- 1.5 Oxyrynchos -- 1.6 Herakleopolis Magna -- 2 Delta -- 2.1 Memphis -- 2.2 Leontopolis (Tell el-Yahudiya) -- 2.3 Athribis (Tell el-Atrib) -- 2.5 Nitriai (Tell el-Barnugi) -- 2.6 Xenephyris (Kom el-Akhdar) -- 2.7 Schedia -- 2.8 Alexandria -- 3 Fayum -- 3.1 Arsinoe (Krokodilopolis) -- 3.2 Trikomia -- 3.3 Alexandrou-Nesos -- 3.4 Samareia -- 3.5 Magdola (Medinet Nehas) -- 4 Summary of Regional Analysis -- 4.1 Settlement Patterns -- 4.2 Establishing Communities -- 4.3 Water Uses -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Four Exodus Narratives of Egypt: Shared Characteristics -- 1 The Many Exodus Narratives of Antiquity -- 2 The Exodus Narratives from Egypt -- 2.1 The Focus on Experiences in Egypt -- 2.2 Moses the Exemplary Leader -- 2.3 Environmental Details -- Chapter 3 Adopting the Language of the Environment of Egypt: Hydric Terminology in the Exodus Narratives -- 1 The Nile River -- 2 Canals and Other Bodies of Water -- 3 The Sea of Reeds -- 4 Challenges and Observations: Hydric Terminology and the Jews of Egypt -- Chapter 4 Shifting Perceptions of the Land of Egypt -- 1 Egypt as "Other" in the Hebrew Bible (and Other Non-Egyptian Texts) -- 2 Egypt Adopted as "Home" in Jewish Egyptian Exodus Narratives -- 2.1 Artapanus and the Jewish Nile -- 2.2 Wisdom of Solomon and the Divine Control of Water -- 2.3 Philo's Natural Environment of Egypt -- Chapter 5 The Quest for Origins: Jewish Perspectives on the Source of the Nile Flood -- 1 The Flood Cycle -- 2 The Sacred Floodwater -- 3 Egyptian Perspectives. 3.1 The Source of the Flood in the Egyptian Perspective -- 4 Greek Perspectives -- 4.1 Greek Perspectives of the Flood in Egypt -- 5 Roman Perspectives -- 6 Jewish Perspectives on the Nile Flood -- 6.1 Moses Initiated the Nile Flood: Artapanus -- 6.2 The Eternal Spring of the River: The Wisdom of Solomon -- 6.3 The Etesian Winds of Egypt and the Impious Egyptians-Philo's Life of Moses -- Conclusion The Fluvial Experiences of the Jews of Egypt -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Authors and Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Subject Index. |
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| ISBN: | 9004384308 |