The Homeland and the Legitimation of the Diaspora: Egyptian Jewish Origin Stories in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods

How diasporans tell the story of their origin in the homeland and how they came to their new home abroad is just as important as the historical context(s) in which the diaspora community was created. This study draws attention to one common strategy employed by Egyptian Jews in the Hellenistic and R...

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Main Author: Trotter, Jonathan R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2018]
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2018, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 91-122
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Israel (Theology) / Land / Egypt (Altertum, Motiv) / Diaspora (Religion) / Judaism / Aristeas, Epistolographus ca. 3 BC. Jh. / Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40 / Maccabean books 3.
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Philo of Alexandria
B foundation myths
B 3 Maccabees
B Letter of Aristeas
B Diaspora
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