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Waters of the Exodus : Jewish experiences with water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt / by Nathalie LaCoste

Englisch

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018

1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 185 Seiten)

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Waters of the Exodus: Jewish Experiences with Water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. - Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2018

978-90-04-38430-9 Online

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-04-38431-6 (Fernzugriff)

DOI: 10.1163/9789004384309

*Ägypten <Altertum> / Judentum / Wasser / Bibel. Exodus / Geschichte 323 v. Chr.-100

*Exodus, The, in literature ; Jewish literature -- Egypt ; Water in literature

*Nile River / Description and travel ; Exodus, The, in literature ; Jewish literature / Egypt ; Water in literature

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DT115

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 296.0932/09014#23; ; 296.0932/09014;

Book Industry Communication: HRJ

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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.

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

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