Waters of the Exodus : Jewish experiences with water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt /

LaCoste, Nathalie

Waters of the Exodus : Jewish experiences with water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt / by Nathalie LaCoste - Leiden : Brill, cop. 2019 - (185 p.) - Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; 190 .

Jewish life within Egypt: a regional analysis of Judaism in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt -- Exodus narratives of Egypt: shared characteristics -- Adopting the language of the environment of Egypt: hydric terminology in the Exodus narratives -- Challenges and observations: hydric terminology and the Jews of Egypt -- The quest for origins: Jewish perspectives on the source of the Nile flood -- The Etesian winds of Egypt and the impious Egyptians : Philo's life of Moses -- Conclusion: the fluvial experiences of the Jews of Egypt

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Exodus, The, in literature.
Jewish literature--Egypt.
Water in literature.


Nile River--Description and travel.

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