The Oniad Sibyl: How a Greek Prophetess Became a Revolutionary Mouthpiece for Egyptian Jews by Vargas, Miguel

The Oniad Sibyl: How a Greek Prophetess Became a Revolutionary Mouthpiece for Egyptian Jews (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004722668)

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Format: Hardcover
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The Oniad Sibyl: How a Greek Prophetess Became a Revolutionary Mouthpiece for Egyptian Jews by Vargas, Miguel

The Oniad Sibyl: How a Greek Prophetess Became a Revolutionary Mouthpiece for Egyptian Jews

$114.00
The Oniad Sibyl: How a Greek Prophetess Became a Revolutionary Mouthpiece for Egyptian Jews by Vargas, Miguel

The Oniad Sibyl: How a Greek Prophetess Became a Revolutionary Mouthpiece for Egyptian Jews

$114.00
Format: Hardcover
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The Oniad community was a mercenary and priestly Jewish settlement in Greco-Roman Egypt. This community recognized an exiled high priest of the Jerusalem Temple as its founder and met its end after a Mediterranean-wide uprising that shook the foundations of the Roman Empire. This monograph attributes a group of rather puzzling prophetic narratives--filled with coded language, reused lines from Greek and Jewish literature, and confused historical references--to the Oniads. The thesis of this study is that each prophetic treatise responds to crises experienced by the Oniad settlement and, as a result, evidences its unfolding historical consciousness and hybrid literary culture in distinct phases of its existence.

Author: Miguel Vargas
ISBN-10: 9004722661
ISBN-13: 9789004722668
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 03/14/2025
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

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