Waters of the Exodus : Jewish experiences with water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt / by Nathalie LaCoste.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• LaCoste, Nathalie, author.

Series:

• Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 190.
• Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; Volume 190

Language:

• English
• Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

• Jewish literature.
• Nile River--Description and travel.
• Exodus, The, in literature.
• Jewish literature--Egypt.
• Water in literature.
• Travel.
• Egypt.
• Nile River.
• Nile River Region.

Physical Description:

viii, 185 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Language Note:

English with Greek citations.

Summary:

In Waters of the Exodus, Nathalie LaCoste examines the Diasporic Jewish community in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt and their relationship to the hydric environment. By focusing on four retellings of the exodus narrative composed by Egyptian Jews-Artapanus, Ezekiel the Tragedian, Wisdom of Solomon, and Philo of Alexandria-she lays out how the hydric environment of Egypt, and specifically the Nile river, shaped the transmission of the exodus story. Mapping these observations onto the physical landscape of Egypt provides a new perspective on the formation of Jewish communities in Egypt.

Contents:

• Jewish life within Egypt: a regional analysis of Judaism in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
• Exodus narratives of Egypt: shared characteristics
• Adopting the language of the environment of Egypt: hydric terminology in the Exodus narratives
• Challenges and observations: hydric terminology and the Jews of Egypt
• The quest for origins: Jewish perspectives on the source of the Nile flood
• The Etesian winds of Egypt and the impious Egyptians : Philo's life of Moses
• Conclusion: the fluvial experiences of the Jews of Egypt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-173) and indexes.

ISBN:

• 9789004384316
• 9004384316

OCLC:

1043590198