Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash / by Rivka Ulmer.

• Superior document: Studia Judaica, Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums ; Bd. 52
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Ulmer, Rivka.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ; Bd. 52.
• Physical Description: vi, 404 p., [8] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.) .

Table of Contents

• 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.