The Jews of Egypt

From Rameses II to Emperor Hadrian

• Author(s): Joseph Modrzejewski,
• Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
• Pages: 279
• ISBN_10: 0827605226
  ISBN_13: 9780827605220
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Judaism / History , History / Ancient / Egypt , Religion / Judaism / General ,

Description:... This is the story of the adventures and misadventures of the Jewish people in the land of Egypt - shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile; the apogee of Jewish culture under the Ptolemies; and the Jewish community's rapid decline and catastrophic disappearance under Roman rule.