Manetho / with an English translation by W. G. Waddell.
Manetho
Book| Title |
Manetho on the Exodus : a reappraisal. |
|---|---|
| Original Library/publisher |
Jewish Studies Quarterly. Tübingen |
| Host Item |
Jewish Studies Quarterly 5,1 (1998) 124-155 |
| Description |
Based on a study of Manethonian fragments, as well as of writings attributed to Manetho in Josephus's "Contra Apionem, " discusses the story of the Jews' exodus from Egypt as described in ancient Greek and Latin literature, according to which the Jews, afflicted with leprosy, were driven out of the country by the king of Egypt. States that the attribution of the origins of this story to the Egyptian priest Manetho (3rd century BCE) is debatable. Manetho's works, as quoted by Josephus, actually present two different versions of the origin of the Jews (one associates them with the Hyksos who invaded Egypt, and the other with lepers who lived in Egypt ca. 500 years later), neither of which is antisemitic. However, later historians (e.g. Lysimachus and Apion) wrote other versions of these stories and used them for anti-Jewish propaganda, in which the Jews became "the sworn enemy of mankind." Contends that although Manetho may have fathered antisemitic literature, this was not his intention. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
990002186990705171 |
| Links |
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MARC RECORDS
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