Sprache:
Hebräisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
מחקרים בתולדות עם-ישראל וארץ-ישראל
Angaben zur Quelle:
ג (תשלה) 69-84
Schlagwort(e):
מנתון (כהן מצרי)
;
יוסף בן מתתיהו פלויוס.
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Antisemitism History To 500
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Exodus, The
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Hellenism
Kurzfassung:
The first antisemitic work was written (in Greek) by Manetho, a 3rd-century BCE Egyptian priest and historian, who wrote his own version of Israel's exodus from Egypt. As quoted by Josephus, Manetho wrote that the Jews (or Hyksos) invaded Egypt in order to help their allies, a group of 80,000 Egyptian lepers and other "impure" people who had been isolated by the king and forced to work in quarries. The Jews ruled there for 13 years, treating the Egyptians brutally and sowing destruction, until the king, who had fled to Ethiopia, returned and chased them out. Manetho's version was partly based on Egyptian folklore, and was meant to counter the Greek translation of the Bible (the Septuagint), admiration for the Jews by some Egyptians, and effects of the celebration of Passover by Jewish communities in Egypt. Analyzes Manetho's work as a propaganda tool in which he describes the Jews as friends of lepers and other diseased people and as foreign invaders who stir up rebellion and destroy civilizations. Manetho's work influenced that of historians in the following centuries; Josephus, therefore, felt compelled to criticize his work in "Contra Apionem".
Anmerkung:
גרסה מורחבת הופיעה ב"יהודים ונכרים בארץ ישראל" (תשסג).
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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