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Becoming diaspora Jews : behind the story of Elephantine / Karel van der Toorn

Englisch

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press [[2019]], [2019]

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Rezensiert in: Cornell, Collin *1988-*: [Rezension von: Toorn, Karel van der, 1956-, Becoming diaspora Jews : behind the story of Elephantine], 2020

Rezensiert in: Holm, Tawny L. *1966-*: [Rezension von: Toorn, Karel van der, 1956-, Becoming diaspora Jews : behind the story of Elephantine], 2021

Rezensiert in: Poulsen, Frederik *1984-*: [Rezension von: Toorn, Karel van der, 1956-, Becoming diaspora Jews : behind the story of Elephantine], 2020

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Toorn, Karel van der, 1956-, Becoming diaspora Jews : behind the story of Elephantine], 2022

Rezensiert in: Fried, Lisbeth S. *1943-*: [Rezension von: Toorn, Karel van der, 1956-, Becoming diaspora Jews : behind the story of Elephantine], 2022

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Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Toorn, Karel *1956-*: Becoming diaspora Jews. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019. - xi, 270 Seiten

978-0-300-24949-1

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-300-24351-2 (Druckausgabe) : print

DOI: 10.12987/9780300249491

*Elephantine / Juden / Geschichte 500 v. Chr.-300 v. Chr.

*Arameans -- Egypt ; Jewish diaspora -- History ; Jews -- Egypt -- Elephantine -- History ; Judaism -- History ; Jews -- Egypt -- Identity -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D ; Jews -- Egypt -- Elephantine -- History ; Jewish diaspora -- History

*RELIGION / Judaism / History

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DS135.E42 ; DS121.65

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 296.09; ; 305.89240323;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: NY 4500: N Geschichte / NY Geschichte der Juden / NY 4050-NY 8000 Geschichte der Juden nach Zeitabschnitten und Ländern / NY 4050-NY 4500 Im Altertum / Ägypten

bisacsh: REL040030

bisacsh: REL040030

Based on a previously unexplored source, this book transforms the way we think about the formation of Jewish identity This book tells the story of the earliest Jewish diaspora in Egypt in a way it has never been told before. In the fifth century BCE there was a Jewish community on Elephantine Island. Why they spoke Aramaic, venerated Aramean gods besides Yaho, and identified as Arameans is a mystery, but a previously little explored papyrus from Egypt sheds new light on their history. The papyrus shows that the ancestors of the Elephantine Jews came originally from Samaria. Due to political circumstances, they left Israel and lived for a century in an Aramean environment. Around 600 BCE, they moved to Egypt. These migrants to Egypt did not claim a Jewish identity when they arrived, but after the destruction of their temple on the island they chose to deploy their Jewish identity to raise sympathy for their cause. Their story—a typical diaspora tale—is not about remaining Jews in the diaspora, but rather about becoming Jews through the diaspora

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Elephantine Revisited -- 2. The Aramean Heritage -- 3. The Aramean Diaspora in Egypt -- 4. The Origins of the Elephantine Jews -- 5. A Military Colony and Its Religion -- 6. Becoming Diaspora Jews -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Translation of Papyrus Amherst 63, Adapted from AOAT 448 -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Sources

 

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