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Egypt on the Pentateuch's ideological map : constructing biblical Israel's identity /
This book explores the references to Egypt in the Pentateuch--twice as dense as in the rest of the Hebrew Bible--in the context of the production of the text''s final form during the Persian period. Here, as Greifenhagen shows, Egypt functions ideologically as the primary ""other...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield ; New York :
Sheffield Academic Press,
2002.
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| Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
361. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book explores the references to Egypt in the Pentateuch--twice as dense as in the rest of the Hebrew Bible--in the context of the production of the text''s final form during the Persian period. Here, as Greifenhagen shows, Egypt functions ideologically as the primary ""other"" over against which Israel''s identity is constructed, while its role in Israel''s formation appears as subsidiary and as a superseded stage in a master narrative which locates Israel''s ethnic roots in Mesopotamia. But the presentation of this powerful neighbour is equivocal: a dominant anti-Egyptian stance coexists |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (325 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-306) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567391360 0567391361 1281803154 9781281803153 9786611803155 6611803157 |