Elephantine Revisited - New Insights into the Judean Community and Its Neighbors

A collection of essays examining the fifth-century BCE Judean community in Elephantine in southern Egypt. Provides new insights into the origin and identity of the community as well as archaeology, criminal and family law, religious life, the Bible, and the Aramaic language.

About the author

Margaretha Folmer is Lecturer in Aramaic at Leiden University and Associate Professor of Hebrew at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Summary

A collection of essays examining the fifth-century BCE Judean community in Elephantine in southern Egypt. Provides new insights into the origin and identity of the community as well as archaeology, criminal and family law, religious life, the Bible, and the Aramaic language.

Product details

• Authors: Margaretha (EDT) Folmer
• Assisted by: Margaretha Folmer (Editor), Margaretha (Professor Folmer (Editor)
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2022
• EAN: 9781646021635
• ISBN: 978-1-64602-163-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, RELIGION / Judaism / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Jewish Studies, Archaeology by period / region, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Ancient Egypt, BCE to c 500 CE, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, c 2686 to c 323 BCE (Ancient Egyptian period)