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March 26, 2017 | Judaism

By Sarah J.K. Pearce

This e-book offers the 1st prolonged research of the illustration of Egypt within the writings of Philo of Alexandria. Philo is an important witness, not just to the reports of the Jews of Alexandria, yet to the realm of early Roman Egypt quite often. As historians of Roman Alexandria and Egypt are good acutely aware, now we have entry to only a few voices from contained in the kingdom during this period; Philo is the simplest we've. As a commentator on Jewish Scripture, Philo can also be essentially the most worthy assets for the translation of Egypt within the Pentateuch. He not just writes very generally in this topic, yet he does so in ways in which are amazing for his or her originality compared to the surviving literature of old Judaism. during this booklet, Sarah Pearce attempts to appreciate Philo relating to the broader context within which he lived and labored. Key parts for research comprise: defining the 'Egyptian' in Philo's global; Philo's remedy of the Egypt of the Pentateuch as an emblem of 'the land of the body'; Philo's emphasis on Egyptian inhospitableness; and his therapy of Egyptian faith, concentrating on Nile veneration and animal worship.

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