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Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in ancient times /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1992.Description: xxiii, 488 Pages. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0691036063
  • 9780691036069 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT82.5.P19 R43 1992
Contents:
Egypt and the Levant from prehistoric times to the Hyksos. Village, camps, and the rise of a colossus ; Upper and lower Egypt and the walled towns of Asia ; "Lo, the vile Asiatic!" ; "Trampling the foreign lands" : Egypt and Asia during the middle kingdom ; The Hyksos in Egypt -- The Egyptian empire in Asia. "Extending the frontiers of Egypt" ; The empire of the new kingdom ; Asia in Egypt : mosaic, not melting pot -- The great migrations. The coming of the sea peoples ; "These are the bene-yisrael--" -- Egypt and the Hebrew kingdoms. Horses and Pharaoh's daughter : Egypt and the united monarchy ; Egypt and Israel in the world of Assyria ; Specter or reality? : the question of Egyptian influence on Israel of the monarchy ; Four great origin traditions ; Egypt and the fall of Judah.
Summary: An overview of the history and relations of Egypt and Western Asia from the Paleolithic period to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Egypt and the Levant from prehistoric times to the Hyksos. Village, camps, and the rise of a colossus ; Upper and lower Egypt and the walled towns of Asia ; "Lo, the vile Asiatic!" ; "Trampling the foreign lands" : Egypt and Asia during the middle kingdom ; The Hyksos in Egypt -- The Egyptian empire in Asia. "Extending the frontiers of Egypt" ; The empire of the new kingdom ; Asia in Egypt : mosaic, not melting pot -- The great migrations. The coming of the sea peoples ; "These are the bene-yisrael--" -- Egypt and the Hebrew kingdoms. Horses and Pharaoh's daughter : Egypt and the united monarchy ; Egypt and Israel in the world of Assyria ; Specter or reality? : the question of Egyptian influence on Israel of the monarchy ; Four great origin traditions ; Egypt and the fall of Judah.

An overview of the history and relations of Egypt and Western Asia from the Paleolithic period to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.

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