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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greifenhagen, F. V.

Series:

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt in the Bible.

Bible. Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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against which Israel's identity is constructed, while its role in Israel's formation appears as subsidiary and as a superseded stage in a master narrative which locates Israel's ethnic roots in Mesopotamia.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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786611803155

9781281803153

1281803154

9780567391360

0567391361

OCLC:

285464564