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Ecateo di Abdera e la prima katoikia di Giudei in Egitto (Giuseppe, Contra Apionem I 186-9)

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Livia Capponi

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Abstract

This paper offers a reconsideration and a new translation of a passage in Josephus’ Contra Apionem (I 186-9), which quotes from the historical work by Hecataeus of Abdera. The passage deals with the deportation in Egypt of a group of Jews after the Egyptian conquest of Syria and Palestine by king Ptolemy I Soter (battle of Gaza, 312 a.C.). The passage documents the foundation of the first organized Jewish community (katoikia) in Egypt, and suggests that the civil rights (politeia) of this community were regulated by the king, probably through a royal edict.

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Author(s): Capponi L

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Materia Giudaica

Year: 2005

Volume: 10

Issue: 2

Pages: 233-240

Date deposited: 22/10/2010

Publisher: Italian Association for Jewish Studies = Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Giudaismo

URL: http://www.humnet.unipi.it/medievistica/aisg/Materia-giudaica-2005/X-2%20del%202005/X2-217pp448.pdf

Notes: ISBN 8880572350

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