| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 404 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
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Studia Judaica |
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Studia Judaica
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| Contents |
The significance of Egypt in rabbinic texts -- Pharaohs Sheshonq, Necho, and Apries -- The Nile -- Egyptian festivals -- The Osiris myth and Egyptian magic -- History, the Roman emperor, and Egyptian funeral practices -- Alexandria -- Cleopatra, Isis and Serapis -- The Egyptian gods, language, and customs -- The divine eye -- The "finding of Moses" in art and text |
| Summary |
Rabbinic midrash of late antiquity and the early medieval period visualized Egypt and presented Egyptian religious concepts and icons. Midrash is analyzed in a cross-cultural perspective utilizing insights from the discipline of Egyptology. Topics: the Greco-Roman Nile god, Isis, Serapis and other gods, festivals, mummy portraits, funeral customs, the Egyptian language, Pharaohs, Cleopatra, Alexandria, the divine eye. The hermeneutical role of Egyptian cultural icons in midrash is explored |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-378) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| SUBJECT |
Midrash -- History and criticism
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| Subject |
RELIGION -- Judaism -- History.
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Civilization
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Egypt in rabbinical literature
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Egypt in the Bible
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Midrash
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Kultur
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Midrasch
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Rabbinische Literatur
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Rezeption
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Ritual
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- In rabbinical literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009008624
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Egypt -- In the Bible.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006403
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Egypt -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041265
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| Subject |
Egypt
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Ägypten Altertum
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
3110223929 |
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9783110223927 |
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3110223937 |
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9783110223934 |
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1282456806 |
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9781282456808 |
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9786612456800 |
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6612456809 |
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