Waters of the Exodus - Jewish Experiences with Water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt

In Waters of the Exodus, Nathalie LaCoste examines the Diasporic Jewish community in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt and their relationship to the hydric environment through a close study of four rewritings of the exodus narrative.

About the author

Nathalie LaCoste, Ph.D. (2016), University of Toronto, teaches Biblical Studies at Queens College, Memorial University of Newfoundland. She has published on Jewish Hellenistic literature and Egyptian Judaism in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt.

Product details

• Authors: Nathalie LaCoste
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2018
• EAN: 9789004384316
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38431-6
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Supplements to the Journal for
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism