Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash
By: by Rivka Ulmer.
Series: Studia Judaica, Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums -- Bd. 52
Publisher: Walter De Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783110223927
Subjects: Egypt in rabbinical literature; Midrash -- History and criticism; Egypt in the Bible; Egypt -- Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The significance of Egypt in rabbinic texts; title: Pharaohs Sheshonq, Necho, and Apries; title: The Nile; title: Egyptian festivals; title: The Osiris myth and Egyptian magic; title: History, the Roman emperor, and Egyptian funeral practices; title: Alexandria; title: Cleopatra, Isis and Serapis; title: The Egyptian gods, language, and customs; title: The divine eye; title: The "finding of Moses" in art and text.