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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782336203321

Autore

Greifenhagen F. V

Titolo

Egypt on the Pentateuch's ideological map [[electronic resource] ] : constructing biblical Israel's identity / / F.V. Greifenhagen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002

ISBN

1-281-80315-4

9786611803155

0-567-39136-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 361

Disciplina

222.106

Soggetti

Egypt in the Bible

Egypt In the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-306) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 EGYPT IN GENESIS; Chapter 3 EGYPT IN EXODUS; Chapter 4 EGYPT IN LEVITICUS, NUMBERS AND DEUTERONOMY; Chapter 5 THE PRODUCTION AND PROMULGATION OF THE 'FINAL TEXT FORM' OF THE PENTATEUCH; Chapter 6 THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT: EGYPT AND ISRAEL; Chapter 7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Appendix: THE TERM [Omitted] AND ITS OCCURRENCES IN THE HEBREW BIBLE AND THE PENTATEUCH; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the references to Egypt in the Pentateuch--twice as dense as in the rest of the Hebrew Bible--in the context of the production of the text's final form during the Persian period. Here, as Greifenhagen shows, Egypt functions ideologically as the primary ""other"" over against which Israel's identity is constructed, while its role in Israel's formation appears as subsidiary and as a superseded stage in a master narrative which locates Israel's ethnic roots in Mesopotamia. But the presentation of this powerful neighbour is equivocal: a dominant anti-Egyptian stance coexists wit