Identity in Persian Egypt : the fate of the Yehudite community of Elephantine /

Examines the Yehudite community in Elephantine in southern Egypt in its historical, social and religious context.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Becking, Bob (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, [2020]
Subjects:	Jews > Egypt > Elephantine > History > To 1500. Elephantine (Egypt) > Antiquities. Elephantine (Egypt) > Ethnic relations. Elephantine (Egypt) > Religion.

Table of Contents:

How Persian power entered Egypt
Yehudites at Elephantine : provenance, identity, and religion
Multiethnic Elephantine : some remarks on different minor ethnicities in a Persian border garrison
Pax Persica : cooperation, cohabitation, and acceptance
Control through education, law, and military power
Disruptions of the inter-ethnic solidarity
"Khnum is against us since Hananyah has been Egypt" : on two historical movements in the fifth century BCE
Beyond the final curtain.