ISBN:
9783161609961
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 385 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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24 cm
Year of publication:
2022
Series Statement:
Forschungen zum Alten Testament 155
Series Statement:
Forschungen zum Alten Testament
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Elephantine in context
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Elephantine in context
Keywords:
Achaemenid dynasty History
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Achaemenid dynasty - 559-330 B.C
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Achaemenid dynasty - 559-330 B.C - History
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To 1500
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Jews History To 1500
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Jews
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Religion
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Jews - Egypt - Elephantine - History - To 70 A.D
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Jews - Egypt - Civilization
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Judaism - Egypt - History
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History
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Elephantine (Egypt) Religion
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Éléphantine (Égypte) - Religion
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Egypt - Elephantine
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Elephantine (Egypt) - Religion
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Elephantine
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Juden
Abstract:
"The Persian period has long been considered a "dark era" in Israel's history. For this reason, research has mainly focused on how it is depicted in the Hebrew Bible. A spectacular discovery of archaeological relics and epigraphic sources was hence hardly noticed: the military colony located on the island of Elephantine in the Nile, on the border between Egypt and present-day Sudan. The basic approach of this volume, which documents a three-year Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft project, is to break with a research tradition focusing on the Judeans (Jews) mentioned in the Aramaic papyri from Elephantine and instead investigate the military colony in a broader historical context also documented by Demotic and Egyptian-hieratic evidence found at Elephantine. The studies presented focus on three main subject areas: society and administration, religion, and literature. They show that historically the island of Elephantine hosted a multicultural society with several interactions between the Egyptians and the other inhabitants, and that it was also an important administrative centre for the Persian authorities."
Note:
Literaturangaben
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