Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ulmer, Rivka
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, c2009.
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.