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Elephantine in context: studies on the history, religion and literature of the Judeans in Persian period Egypt

"The Persian period has long been considered a "dark era" in Israel's history. For this reason, research has mainly focused on how it is depicted in the Hebrew Bible. A spectacular discovery of archaeological relics and epigraphic sources was hence hardly noticed: the military co...

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Other Authors: Kratz, Reinhard Gregor (Editor) , Schipper, Bernd U. (Editor)
Format: Edited Volume
Language:English
German
Published: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck [2022]
Series:Forschungen zum Alten Testament 155
In: Forschungen zum Alten Testament (155)

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Subjects:
Achaemenid dynasty > 559-330 B.C > History
Achaemenid dynasty - 559-330 B.C
Achaemenid dynasty - 559-330 B.C - History
To 1500
Elephantine (Egypt) > Religion
Éléphantine (Égypte) - Religion
Egypt - Elephantine
Elephantine (Egypt) - Religion
Aufsatzsammlung
Juden
Elephantine
Zeithintergrund
Bibel / Altes Testament
Elephantine-Urkunden
Geschichte 664 v. Chr.-332 v. Chr.
Religion
Alter Orient
Kultur
Diaspora
Ägypten
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Verlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://d-nb.info/1242194436/04
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Author Notes:edited by Reinhard G. Kratz and Bernd U. Schipper
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Summary:"The Persian period has long been considered a "dark era" in Israel's history. For this reason, research has mainly focused on how it is depicted in the Hebrew Bible. A spectacular discovery of archaeological relics and epigraphic sources was hence hardly noticed: the military colony located on the island of Elephantine in the Nile, on the border between Egypt and present-day Sudan. The basic approach of this volume, which documents a three-year Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft project, is to break with a research tradition focusing on the Judeans (Jews) mentioned in the Aramaic papyri from Elephantine and instead investigate the military colony in a broader historical context also documented by Demotic and Egyptian-hieratic evidence found at Elephantine. The studies presented focus on three main subject areas: society and administration, religion, and literature. They show that historically the island of Elephantine hosted a multicultural society with several interactions between the Egyptians and the other inhabitants, and that it was also an important administrative centre for the Persian authorities."
Item Description:Literaturangaben
ISBN:9783161609961

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