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Author Greifenhagen, F. V.

Title Egypt on the Pentateuch's ideological map : constructing biblical Israel's identity / F.V. Greifenhagen
Published Sheffield ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (325 pages)
Series Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 361
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 361.
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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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against which Israel''s identity is constructed, while its role in Israel''s formation appears as subsidiary and as a superseded stage in a master narrative which locates Israel''s ethnic roots in Mesopotamia.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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-306) and indexes
Notes English
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SUBJECT Bible. Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013789
Bible. Pentateuch fast
Subject RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
Egypt in the Bible
Tora.
Bíblia (crítica e interpretação)
Antigo testamento.
SUBJECT Egypt -- In the Bible. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87006403
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780567391360
0567391361
1281803154
9781281803153
9786611803155
6611803157