Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash /
Rabbinic midrash of late antiquity and the early medieval period visualized Egypt and presented Egyptian religious concepts and icons. Midrash is analyzed in a cross-cultural perspective utilizing insights from the discipline of Egyptology. Topics: the Greco-Roman Nile god, Isis, Serapis and other g...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Walter De Gruyter,
©2009.
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Colección: | Studia Judaica.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The significance of Egypt in rabbinic texts
- Pharaohs Sheshonq, Necho, and Apries
- The Nile
- Egyptian festivals
- The Osiris myth and Egyptian magic
- History, the Roman emperor, and Egyptian funeral practices
- Alexandria
- Cleopatra, Isis and Serapis
- The Egyptian gods, language, and customs
- The divine eye
- The "finding of Moses" in art and text.