The despoliation of Egypt in pre-rabbinic, rabbinic and patristic traditions / by Joel Stevens Allen.
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TextSeries: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 92.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 305 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789047433569
- 9047433564
- Bible. Exodus, XI-XII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History
- Bible. Old Testament -- History of contemporary events
- Bible. Old Testament
- Ägyptische Plagen
- Bibel Exodus
- Genesis
- 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
- Exode
- Juifs -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1200 av. J.-C
- Juifs -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1200 av. J.-C. -- Historiographie
- Égypte -- Civilisation -- Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C
- Égypte -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C
- RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament
- Civilization
- Exodus, The
- Exodus, The -- History of doctrines
- History of contemporary events
- Jews
- Jews -- Historiography
- Egypt
- Exegese
- Patristik
- Rabbinismus
- Auszug aus Ägypten
- Frühchristentum
- Frühjudentum
- Kirchenväter
- Plünderung
- Rezeption
- Ägypten
- To 332 B.C
- 222/.12060901 22
- BS1180 .A44 2008eb
- BC 6865
- BO 2180
- 6,15
- 6,11
- 6,12
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-298) and indexes.
Part One, Pre-rabbinic interpretations: 1. The Septuagint -- 2. The Book of Jubilees -- 3. Artapanus -- 4. Ezekiel the tragedian -- 5. The Book of Wisdom. -- 6. Philo's Life of Moses. -- 7. Philo's Who is the heir? -- 8. Josephus -- 9. Excursus: the social background of the "Fair Wage" interpretation.
Part. Two, Rabbinic interpretations: 1. Midrashic pondering the plunder.
Part Three, Patristic interpretations: 1. Irenaeus -- 2. Tertullian -- 3. Origen -- 4. St. Augustine -- 5. The despoilations, Others [sic] patristic texts -- Conclusions and ramifications.
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 cultural heritage.
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