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

• Autore: Greifenhagen F. V
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 222.106
• Soggetto topico: Egypt--In the Bible
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt In the Bible
• 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against which Israel's identity is constructed, while its role in Israel's formation appears as subsidiary and as a superseded stage in a master narrative which locates Israel's ethnic roots in Mesopotamia.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
• Titolo autorizzato: Egypt on the Pentateuch's ideological map
• ISBN: 1-281-80315-4; 9786611803155; 0-567-39136-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817670403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies