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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ulmer, Rivka
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, ©2009.
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.