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Images of Egypt in early biblical literature : Cisjordan-Israelite, Transjordan-Israelite and Judahite portrayals / Stephen C. Russell.

By: Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 403.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 280 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110221725
  • 3110221721
  • 1282716905
  • 9781282716902
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Images of Egypt in early biblical literature.DDC classification:
  • 221 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1199.E59 R87 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Early Cisjordan-Israelite Traditions about Egypt; Chapter 3. Early Transjordan-Israelite Traditions about Egypt; Chapter 4. Early Judahite Traditions about Egypt; Chapter 5. Summary and Implications; Backmatter.
Summary: This book offers a regional paradigm for understanding the development of the traditions about Egypt and the exodus in the Hebrew Bible. It offers fresh readings of the golden calf stories in 1 Kings 12:25-33 and Exodus 32, the Balaam oracles in Numbers 22-24, and the Song of the Sea in Exodus 15:1b-18. From these and other biblical texts it paints a picture of the differing traditions about Egypt that circulated in Cisjordan Israel, Transjordan Israel, and Judah in the 8th century B.C.E. and earlier.
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"Revised version of 2008 New York University doctoral dissertation"--Page vii.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-241) and indexes.

Frontmatter; Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Early Cisjordan-Israelite Traditions about Egypt; Chapter 3. Early Transjordan-Israelite Traditions about Egypt; Chapter 4. Early Judahite Traditions about Egypt; Chapter 5. Summary and Implications; Backmatter.

This book offers a regional paradigm for understanding the development of the traditions about Egypt and the exodus in the Hebrew Bible. It offers fresh readings of the golden calf stories in 1 Kings 12:25-33 and Exodus 32, the Balaam oracles in Numbers 22-24, and the Song of the Sea in Exodus 15:1b-18. From these and other biblical texts it paints a picture of the differing traditions about Egypt that circulated in Cisjordan Israel, Transjordan Israel, and Judah in the 8th century B.C.E. and earlier.

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