(in Polish) Ancient Egypt and the Bible WT-DTE-WJAE
The merits:
1. Geography and topography of Egypt. Periodization of ancient Egyptian history.
2. History of ancient Egypt. Prehistorical and archaic periods. Old Kingdom. First Intermediate Period.
3. History of ancient Egypt (II). Middle Kingdom. Second Intermediate Period/ Hyksos.
4. History of ancient Egypt (III). New Kingdom. Third Intermediate Period.
5.History of ancient Egypt (IV). Egypt under the Persian rule. Egypt in Hellenistic and Roman periods.
6. Egypt in the Bible. Geography of Egypt according to the Biblical texts.
7. Egypt in the Bible (II). View of Egypt and its institutions in different biblical texts.
8. First contacts between Israel and Egypt: from legend to history.
9. Palestine under the Egyptian rule in the New Kongdom period.
10. Moses and History of the Exodus (from Egypt).
11. From David to Jeremiah: relations between Egypt and Israel in the monarchic (united and divided) periods. Egypt as place of refuge during the Babilonian exile period. History of Jewish diaspora in Egypt in the Persian period.
12. Religion of ancient Egypt. Literature of ancient Egypt.
13. Influence of Egyptian wisdom and poetry on the Bible.
14. Hellenistic diaspora of the Israelites in Egypt and its achievements. Greek Bible (Septuagint).
15. Jews in Egypt in the Roman period. Egypt in the New Testament.
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Assessment criteria
Methods of evaluation:
Presence on lectures.
Exam at the end of semester.
Bibliography
Chosen bibliography:
- I. SHAW, The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, Oxford 2000.
- P. MONTET, Egypt and the Bible. People, Places and Customs, 1968.
- J. MÉLÈZE-MODRZEJEWSKI,The Jews of Egypt – from Ramses II to Emperor Hadrian, Princeton 1997.
- N. GRIMAL, The History of Ancient Egypt,1992.
- Other books and articles presented during the academic year.
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