LEADER 02935nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910782336203321 005 20230607222222.0 010 $a1-281-80315-4 010 $a9786611803155 010 $a0-567-39136-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000551611 035 $a(EBL)436519 035 $a(OCoLC)285464564 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000144677 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11911969 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144677 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10145673 035 $a(PQKB)10023217 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436519 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256265 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180315 035 $a(OCoLC)893334080 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000551611 100 $a20021128d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEgypt on the Pentateuch's ideological map$b[electronic resource] $econstructing biblical Israel's identity /$fF.V. Greifenhagen 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cSheffield Academic Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 225 0 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v361 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-6211-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [277]-306) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis book explores the references to Egypt in the Pentateuch--twice as dense as in the rest of the Hebrew Bible--in the context of the production of the text's final form during the Persian period. Here, as Greifenhagen shows, Egypt functions ideologically as the primary ""other"" over against which Israel's identity is constructed, while its role in Israel's formation appears as subsidiary and as a superseded stage in a master narrative which locates Israel's ethnic roots in Mesopotamia. But the presentation of this powerful neighbour is equivocal: a dominant anti-Egyptian stance coexists wit 410 4$aThe Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies 606 $aEgypt in the Bible 607 $aEgypt$xIn the Bible 615 0$aEgypt in the Bible. 676 $a222.106 700 $aGreifenhagen$b F. V$01548658 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782336203321 996 $aEgypt on the Pentateuch's ideological map$93805837 997 $aUNINA