(DOWNLOAD) "Egyptian Cultural Icons In Midrash" by Rivka Ulmer * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Egyptian Cultural Icons In Midrash
- Author : Rivka Ulmer
- Release Date : January 15, 2009
- Genre: Bible Studies,Books,Religion & Spirituality,Judaism,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 20078 KB
Description
Rabbinic midrash of late antiquity and the early medieval period visualized Egypt and presented Egyptian religious concepts and icons. Midrash is analyzed in a cross-cultural perspective utilizing insights from the discipline of Egyptology. Topics: the Greco-Roman Nile god, Isis, Serapis and other gods, festivals, mummy portraits, funeral customs, the Egyptian language, Pharaohs, Cleopatra, Alexandria, the divine eye. The hermeneutical role of Egyptian cultural icons in midrash is explored.
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