The Jews Of Ptolemaic Egypt

Download or read book The Jews of Egypt written by Joseph Modrzejewski and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 1995 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the adventures and misadventures of the Jewish people in the land of Egypt. The author uses the clear light of scientific analysis and archaeological research to illuminate the reality underlying the images from the Biblical accounts and Jewish and pagan literary texts, through the great “love affair” between Jews and Hellenic culture. It ends with the brief but crucial episode when budding Christianity and the Alexandrian Jews parted company.