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Muslim Extremism in Egypt : The Prophet and Pharaoh / by Gilles, Kepel

Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash by Ulmer, Rivka

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.…”
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Legal friction law, narrative, and identity politics in biblical Israel / by Hepner, Gershon

Table of Contents: “…Moses' unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes reflects an attempt to enforce the covenant code -- Surviving the construction industry : Pharaoh's decrees force the Israelites to violate the Sabbath and the covenant code -- The remains of the day : Manna, God's seed, is resurrected by the Sabbath like the resurrection of two boys by Elijah and Elisha -- Overexposed : the Israelites' suspicion that Moses had violated the prohibition of exposing one's nakedness before God leads to the sin of the golden calf -- Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow : 'the morrow of the Sabbath' in Leviticus 23:11-17 commemorates a 'high-handed' exodus -- So goodbye, dear, and amen : the priestly law of the jealous husband transforms the deuteronomic law of divorce -- Divine dermatology : Miriam's scale disease resembles a food forbidden in Leviticus 11 and constitutes a hidden polemic condoning intermarriage -- Holy war : interplay between the deuteronomic law of warfare (Deuteronomy 20:1-4), Exodus 14, and Isaiah 52:7-12 -- Blood suckers : the deuteronomic law of Amalek reflects the concern for underdogs -- Le(vite) divorce : the fate of the concubine at Giveah reflects the deuteronomic law of divorce -- Le mariage : the Benjaminites' marriage echoes the holiness code's marriage sacrament described in the law of the horticultural holiness (Leviticus 19:23-25) -- Hemorrhoid city : the Philistines' plague of hemorrhoids alludes to Pharaoh's fecal heart syndrome and to a deuteronomic law regarding the disposal of excrement -- Sticks and stones : holiness code's law of the blasphemer and Talion law allude to events involving Shimei the Son of Gera and Goliath -- Beyond the fringes : the tassel law cited in Ruth counters anti-davidic polemics associated with Tamar and Lot's daughters --…”
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Between evidence and ideology essays on the history of ancient Israel read at the joint meeting of the Society for Old Testament Study and the Oud Testamentisch Werkgezelschap, Lin...

Table of Contents: “…Grabbe -- Hasidisms and their militant ideologies : 1 and 2 Maccabees, Psalms 144 and 149 / Harm van Grol -- The Old Testament as a diachronic corpus / Marinus Koster -- Pharaoh Shishak's invasion of Palestine and the Exodus from Egypt / Andrew Mayes -- The Greek Esthers and the search for history : some preliminary observations / Jill Middlemass -- Does archaeology really deserve the status of a 'high court' in biblical historical research? …”
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Fifty biblical portraits / by Beauchamp, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Abraham : the chosen one -- Abraham : in the beginning was the plural -- Abraham : life, death -- Abraham : binding and unbinding -- The name of Isaac : "WiIl Laugh" -- Jacob the deceiver -- Jacob, continued -- Jacob the wrestler -- Joseph -- Moses between two peoples -- Moses the visionary -- Moses in the place of God -- Moses and Pharaoh -- Moses in the sin of his people -- The raised-up serpent -- Joshua conquers the Promised Land -- Rahab and the Wall of Jericho -- Samson, or brimming over -- Ruth : bread, flesh, word -- Samuel : a transition -- Samuel executes the King of the Amalekites -- Saul : the elected and rejected king -- David : courage and ability -- David the beloved -- David put to the test -- From David to Jesus -- Solomon and wisdom -- Adam -- Adam and Eve -- After Solomon : Rehoboam -- Jeroboam : the secession of the North -- Elija : like fire -- Another Elija -- Elija, yesterday and tomorrow -- Elisha the disciple -- The prophet Hosea -- Isaiah -- Isaiah : births -- Jeremiah and the end of the kings -- Jeremiah and Moses -- Jeremiah towards the future -- Ezekiel -- An unknown person : the "Servant" -- Nehemiah : the return -- Job : the cry of the leper -- Jonah and the man from everywhere -- Tobit, his son Tobit, and Raphael -- Esther or disguises -- Judith -- Daniel and the end of times -- Appendix. …”
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