Egyptian Cultural Icons in Midrash / / Rivka Ulmer.
Rabbinic midrash included Egyptian religious concepts. These textual images are compared to Egyptian culture. Midrash is analyzed from a cross-cultural perspective utilizing insights from the discipline of Egyptology. Egyptian textual icons in rabbinic texts are analyzed in their Egyptian context.Ra...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studia Judaica : Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (405 p.) :; 16 plates |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- Introduction: The Significance of Egypt in Rabbinic Texts
- Chapter One: Pharaohs Shoshenq, Necho, and Apries
- Chapter Two: The Nile
- Chapter Three: Egyptian Festivals
- Chapter Four: The Osiris Myth and Egyptian Magic
- Chapter Five: History, the Roman Emperor and Egyptian Funeral Practices
- Chapter Six: Alexandria
- Chapter Seven: Cleopatra, Isis, and Serapis
- Chapter Eight: The Egyptian Gods, Language, and Customs
- Chapter Nine: The Divine Eye
- Chapter Ten: The "Finding of Moses" in Art and Text
- Backmatter