The Oniad Sibyl how a Greek prophetess became a revolutionary mouthpiece for Egyptian Jews Miguel Vargas

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vargas, Miguel M., author.

Series:

Studia in Veteris Testamenti pseudepigrapha 0169-8125 volume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temple of Onias (Qalyūbīyah, Egypt).

Oracula Sibyllina.

Prophecy--Judaism.

Prophecy.

Sibyls--Mediterranean Region.

Sibyls.

Divination--Mediterranean Region.

Divination.

Jews--Egypt--Leontopolis (Qalyūbīyah : Extinct city).

Jews.

Leontopolis (Qalyūbīyah, Egypt : Extinct city)--Antiquities.

Leontopolis (Qalyūbīyah, Egypt : Extinct city).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston Brill [2025]

Summary:

"The Oniad community was a mercenary and priestly Jewish settlement in Greco-Roman Egypt. This community recognized an exiled high priest of the Jerusalem Temple as its founder and met its end after a Mediterranean-wide uprising that shook the foundations of the Roman Empire. This monograph attributes a group of rather puzzling prophetic narratives-filled with coded language, reused lines from Greek and Jewish literature, and confused historical references-to the Oniads. The thesis of this study is that each prophetic treatise responds to crises experienced by the Oniad settlement and, as a result, evidences its unfolding historical consciousness and hybrid literary culture in distinct phases of its existence"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

A Jewish Sibyl and the Oniads of Egypt

Oracular diviniation in the Ancient Mediterranean

Oracula Sibyllina

The Oniad Sibyl

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Other Format:

Print version Vargas, Miguel M. Oniad Sibyl

ISBN:

9789004722743

9004722742

OCLC:

1483640851

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