Synopsis
The present volume is the result of a team research which gathered biblical scholars, philologists, and historians of religions, on the issue of the multiple Interpretations of Moses" inherited from the ancient mediterranean cultures. The concrete outcome of this comparative inquiry is the common translation and commentary of the fragments from the works of the mysterious Artapanus. The comparative perspective suggested here is not so much methodological, or thematic. It is first of all an invitation to cross disciplinary boundaries and to take account of the contributions of diverse cultures to the formation of a single mythology, in the case, a Moses mythology. With respect to Judea, Greece, Egypt or Rome, and further more an emerging christianity and its "gnostic" counterpart, the figure of Moses is at the heart of a cross-cultural dialogue the pieces of which, if they can be seperated for the confort of their specific study, mostly gain by being put together.
About the Author
Philippe Borgeaud is Professor of History of religions at the University of Geneva. He is the author notably of The Cult of Pan in Ancient Greece (University of Chicago Press, 1988), Mother of the Gods. From Cybele to the Virgin Mary (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004), Aux origines de l'histoire des religions (Seuil, 2004) and Exercices de mythologie (Labor & Fides, 2004).
Thomas Römer holds the chair "Milieux bibliques" at the Collège de France and is Professeur of Hebrew Bible at the University of Lausanne. He is author, among many books, of Israels Väter. Untersuchungen zur Väterthematik im Deuteronomium und in der deuteronomistischen Tradition (Universita]t Freiburg - Vandehoeck & Ruprecht, 1990), Moïse "lui que Yahvé a connu face à face" (Gallimard, 2002), The So-called Deuteronomistic History: A Social Science (T & T Clark, 2006).
Youri Volokhine is historian of religions as well as egyptologist. He teaches History of religions and Egyptian religion at the University of Geneva. He has published extensively on matters regarding the anthropoly of ancient Egypt, on the encounter of Egyptian, biblical ang Greek cultures as well as on peculiar figures of the Egyptian pantheon (Bes, Sarapis, Toth). He is notably the author of La frontalité dans l'iconographie de l'Egypte ancienne (CSÉG, 2000).
Philippe Borgeaud est professeur d'Histoire des religions à l'Université de Genève. Il est l'auteur notamment de Recherches sur le dieu Pan (Institut suisse de Rome, 1979), La mère des dieux: de Cybèle à la Vierge Marie (Seuil, 1996), Aux origines de l'histoire des religions (Seuil, 2004) et Exercices de mythologie (Labor & Fides, 2004) et l'éditeur, entre autres, de Les objets de la mémoire: pour une approche comparatiste des reliques et de leur culte (avec Y. Volokhine, P. Lang, 2005).
Thomas Römer occupe la chaire "Milieux bibliques" au Collège de France et est professeur de Bible hébraïque à l'Université de Lausanne. Parmi ses ouvrages on mentionnera Israels Väter. Untersuchungen zur Väterthematik im Deuteronomium und in der deuteronomistischen Tradition (Universität Freiburg - Vandehoeck & Ruprecht, 1990), Moïse "lui que Yahvé a connu face à face" (Gallimard, 2002), et The So-called Deuteronomistic History: A Social Science (T & T Clark, 2006).
Youri Volokhine est historien des religions et égyptologue. Il enseigne l'Histoire des religions et la religion de l'Egypte ancienne à l'Université de Genève. es recherches portent sur l'anthropologie de l'Egypte pharaonique, sur les rencontres entre les mondes ancien égyptien, biblique et hellénique, ainsi que sur différentes figures du panthéon égyptien dont Bès, Sarapis ou Toth. Il est l'auteur notamment de La frontalité dans l'iconographie de l'Egypte ancienne (CSÉG, 2000).
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