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The Jews of Ptolemaic Egypt : The History of a Diaspora Community in Light of the Papyri / Zsuzsanna Szántó.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 293 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783111425047
  • 9783111426297
  • 9783111426266
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 938 23
LOC classification:
  • DF77 .S968 2024
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Framework of this Study -- Chapter 2 An Onomastic Study of Egyptian Jews -- Chapter 3 Jews in the Ptolemaic Army -- Chapter 4 Jews in Civil Society -- Chapter 5 Jews and Hellenistic Legal Practice -- Chapter 6 Judaism and Anti-Judaism in Ptolemaic Egypt -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of Sources -- General Index
Summary: This book offers a comprehensive and nuanced history of the Jews of Egypt, who constituted an important ethnic minority ever since they first appeared in the country. As part of the Greek-speaking ruling class, the Jews played an active role in the political, social and cultural life of Ptolemaic Egypt. Drawing on old and new documentary papyri supplemented by literary and epigraphic evidence, Szántó’s book focuses on reconstructing an overall picture of the Egyptian Jewish Diaspora and discusses different aspects of their life: onomastics, military life, social and legal position, religious customs and anti-Judaism. The incorporation of non-Greek (Aramaic and Egyptian) textual evidence into the research is innovative and offers new perspectives on certain topics whose understanding was previously limited. Szántó provides a diverse picture of Jewish life and demonstrates how the Jews integrated into Graeco-Egyptian society and, at the same time, preserved their ethnic identity.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Framework of this Study -- Chapter 2 An Onomastic Study of Egyptian Jews -- Chapter 3 Jews in the Ptolemaic Army -- Chapter 4 Jews in Civil Society -- Chapter 5 Jews and Hellenistic Legal Practice -- Chapter 6 Judaism and Anti-Judaism in Ptolemaic Egypt -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of Sources -- General Index

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This book offers a comprehensive and nuanced history of the Jews of Egypt, who constituted an important ethnic minority ever since they first appeared in the country. As part of the Greek-speaking ruling class, the Jews played an active role in the political, social and cultural life of Ptolemaic Egypt. Drawing on old and new documentary papyri supplemented by literary and epigraphic evidence, Szántó’s book focuses on reconstructing an overall picture of the Egyptian Jewish Diaspora and discusses different aspects of their life: onomastics, military life, social and legal position, religious customs and anti-Judaism. The incorporation of non-Greek (Aramaic and Egyptian) textual evidence into the research is innovative and offers new perspectives on certain topics whose understanding was previously limited. Szántó provides a diverse picture of Jewish life and demonstrates how the Jews integrated into Graeco-Egyptian society and, at the same time, preserved their ethnic identity.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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