Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash / by Rivka Ulmer.
By: Ulmer, Rivka
Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Walter De Gruyter, c2009.Description: vi, 404 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9783110223927 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Egypt in rabbinical literature | Midrash -- History and criticism | Egypt in the Bible | Egypt -- CivilizationDDC classification: 296.1/408932 LOC classification: BM518.E35 | U56 2009Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | British Museum | Egypt and Sudan | Shelves | JB.ULM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 54063000204027 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-378) and index.
The significance of Egypt in rabbinic texts -- Pharaohs Sheshonq, Necho, and Apries -- The Nile -- Egyptian festivals -- The Osiris myth and Egyptian magic -- History, the Roman emperor, and Egyptian funeral practices -- Alexandria -- Cleopatra, Isis and Serapis -- The Egyptian gods, language, and customs -- The divine eye -- The "finding of Moses" in art and text.
AES2010