The Jews of Egypt: From Rameses II to Emperor Hadrian

Modrzejewski, Joseph Meleze

ISBN 10: 0827605226 / ISBN 13: 9780827605220

Published by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Jewish Pubn Society, 1995

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hardback book and dust jacket in fine condition,stated-first english edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Jews of Egypt: From Rameses II to Emperor Hadrian
• Publisher: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Jewish Pubn Society
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0827605226
• ISBN 13: 9780827605220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion
  • social history
  • local history

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Synopsis

This is the story of the adventures and misadventures of the Jewish people in the land of Egypt. The author uses the clear light of scientific analysis and archaeological research to illuminate the reality underlying the images from the Biblical accounts and Jewish and pagan literary texts, through the great “love affair” between Jews and Hellenic culture. It ends with the brief but crucial episode when budding Christianity and the Alexandrian Jews parted company.

About the Author

Joseph Meleze Modrzejewski is Professor of Ancient History at the Sorbonne, University of Paris, and Professor of Papyrology and Ancient Legal History in the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Sciences Historiques et Philologiques, Paris.