The genesis of Israel and Egypt
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Algora Pub
c2008.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Ages in Alignment ; 1. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31547916*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The deluge. Legend and stratigraphy
- The violence of nature in a bygone age
- Ancient history in chaos
- Pole shifts and climate plunges
- A catastrophist perspective
- Stairways to heaven
- Chapter 2. The dawn of history. The foundation of Egypt's history
- Mesopotamian origins
- The Abraham migration
- In the time of the patriarchs
- Menes, Abraham and the god Thoth
- The celestial tower
- The "divine land" of the Egyptians
- Dates and chronologies
- Chapter 3. King Djoser and his time. Setting the scene
- Who was King Djoser?
- Djoser and the seven years' famine
- The story of Joseph
- Joseph and the seer Imhotep
- Imhotep the man
- Chapter 4. Exodus. The plagues of Egypt
- The drowning of Pharoah and his army
- The intermediate period
- Horeb, the mountain of God
- The end of a world age
- Chapter 5. Moses and his works. The authorship of Genesis
- Egyptian elements in the creation and flood stories
- Moses the lawgiver
- Epilogue
- Appendix.
