ISBN:
9783110223934
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
2011
Year of publication:
2009
Series Statement:
Studia Judaica 52
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Ulmer, Rivka, 1951 - Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash
Keywords:
Egypt in rabbinical literature
;
Egypt in the Bible
;
Midrash
;
RELIGION / Judaism / History
;
Exodus
;
Judaism
;
Egypt
;
Rabbinic
;
Ägypten
;
Kultur
;
Rezeption
;
Midrasch
;
Ägypten
;
Kultur
;
Rezeption
;
Rabbinische Literatur
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110223934
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