Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Walter De Gruyter,
c2009.
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| Series: | Studia Judaica (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ;
Bd. 52. |
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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.