
The Despoliation of Egypt
in Pre-Rabbinic, Rabbinic and Patristic Traditions
Joel S. Allen(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 2. May 2008
Book
Hardback
308 pages
978-90-04-16745-2 (ISBN)
Description
This work examines the role played by the biblical motif of the despoliation of Egypt in the understanding Gentiles had of Jews, and how Jews defended themselves, their heroes and their God in the face of anti-Jewish slander. It also examines the manner in which Christians learned from their rabbinic counterparts how to defend Moses and his God against the gnostic challenge. Beginning with Philo and based on haggadic additions, the embarrassment of the episode was 'healed' through allegory and became a critically important biblical justification for the Christian appropriation of the 'Egyptian treasures' of their Greco-Roman cultural heritage. This work describes how Christians borrowed exegetical traditions from rabbis not only to defend their sacred texts against gnostic attacks but to justify their interest in and appropriation of non-Christian philosophy in their theological understandings.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
649 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-16745-2 (9789004167452)
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Joel S. Allen, Ph.D. (2006) in History of Biblical Interpretation, Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, is pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Barbourville Kentucky. He also teaches History and Religion at Union College and Bible at the Appalachian Local Pastors School.
Content
Introduction
A. Part One: Pre-Rabbinic Interpretations
1. The Septuagint:
2. Jubilees
3. Artapanus
4. Ezekiel the Tragedian
5. The Book of Wisdom
6. Philo's Life of Moses
7. Philo's Who is the Heir?
8. Josephus
9. Excursus
The Social Background of the "Fair Wage" Interpretations
B. Part Two: Rabbinic Interpretations
Midrashic Pondering the Plunder
C. Part Three: Patristic Interpretations
1. Irenaeus
2. Tertullian
3. Origen
4. Augustine
5. Others Patristic Texts
Conclusions
Bibliography
Indices
A. Part One: Pre-Rabbinic Interpretations
1. The Septuagint:
2. Jubilees
3. Artapanus
4. Ezekiel the Tragedian
5. The Book of Wisdom
6. Philo's Life of Moses
7. Philo's Who is the Heir?
8. Josephus
9. Excursus
The Social Background of the "Fair Wage" Interpretations
B. Part Two: Rabbinic Interpretations
Midrashic Pondering the Plunder
C. Part Three: Patristic Interpretations
1. Irenaeus
2. Tertullian
3. Origen
4. Augustine
5. Others Patristic Texts
Conclusions
Bibliography
Indices