The despoliation of Egypt in pre-rabbinic, rabbinic and patristic traditions

The despoliation of Egypt in pre-rabbinic, rabbinic and patristic traditions /

Examines how Jews defended themselves against anti-Jewish slander concerning the biblical despoliation of Egypt. The embarrassment of the episode was later 'healed' through allegory and became a critically important biblical justification for the Christian appropriation of the Greco-Roman...

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Main Author: Allen, Joel Stevens
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008
Series:Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 92.
Subjects:
Bible. > Exodus, XI-XII > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Bible. > Old Testament > History of contemporary events.
Exodus, The.
Exodus, The > History of doctrines.
Jews > History > To 1200 B.C.
Jews > History > To 1200 B.C. > Historiography.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Egypt > History > To 332 B.C.
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