Some Egyptian Elements in the Genesis Apocryphon: Evidence of a Ptolemaic Social Location?
Though the social and geographic milieu of the Genesis Apocryphon has regularly been considered to be Greco-Roman period Palestine, there are several indications that the author(s) of this text had a special knowledge of, and interest in, Egypt. This essay explores three possible connections with Eg...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2010
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Aramaic studies
Année: 2010, Volume: 8, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 47-69 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Égypte (Antiquité)
/ Culture
/ Genesis-Apokryphon (Manuscrits de la Mer Morte)
/ Ptolemäer 323 avant J.-C.-30 avant J.-C.
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| RelBib Classification: | TC Époque pré-chrétienne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Genesis Apocryphon
Genesis
Egypt
Hyrcanus
Karmon
sibling marriage
Ptolemaic period
Noah
Abram
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | Though the social and geographic milieu of the Genesis Apocryphon has regularly been considered to be Greco-Roman period Palestine, there are several indications that the author(s) of this text had a special knowledge of, and interest in, Egypt. This essay explores three possible connections with Egypt: use of the name Hyrcanus for the Pharaoh’s official, employment of the name Karmon for the river separating Canaan and Egypt, and the practice of sibling marriage for Shem’s children only after the flood. Taken cumulatively, these factors speak to a general familiarity of the author(s) with Egypt, plausibly during the Ptolemaic period, though an Egyptian compositional setting is far less certain. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5227 |
| Contient: | In: Aramaic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/147783510X571579 |