Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times

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Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times
Covering the time t)etween the Paleolithic period and the destmction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., eminent Egyptologist Donald B. Redford explores three thousand years of unintermpted contact between Egypt and Western Asia across the Sinai land bridge. In lucid and vivid style, Redford's sweeping narrative of the love-hate relationship between the peoples of Egypt and the ancient Levant chronicles their interaction and investigates its causes.
Who were the Egyptians, Canaanites, and Hebrews? Why did Egypt act as a magnet on the peoples of Palestine? What interests did Egypt have in the area later called the Holy Land, and why did it create an empire there? In answering these questions, Redford uses textual and archaeological evidence to argue that Egypt's attitude arose from a fundamental position adopted toward Asia in general by the pharaohs from earliest times. His analysis of the peoples on both sides of the Sinai divide reveals not... Tovább

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Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times
Covering the time t)etween the Paleolithic period and the destmction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., eminent Egyptologist Donald B. Redford explores three thousand years of unintermpted contact between Egypt and Western Asia across the Sinai land bridge. In lucid and vivid style, Redford's sweeping narrative of the love-hate relationship between the peoples of Egypt and the ancient Levant chronicles their interaction and investigates its causes.
Who were the Egyptians, Canaanites, and Hebrews? Why did Egypt act as a magnet on the peoples of Palestine? What interests did Egypt have in the area later called the Holy Land, and why did it create an empire there? In answering these questions, Redford uses textual and archaeological evidence to argue that Egypt's attitude arose from a fundamental position adopted toward Asia in general by the pharaohs from earliest times. His analysis of the peoples on both sides of the Sinai divide reveals not simply the cultural disparities between them but also the mutual influences and interests that drew them together.
Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times is an invaluable contribution to the history of northeast Africa and the Middle East, illuminating the region's ancient civilizations as well as the historical connections between them.
Donald B. Redford is Professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Akbenaten: Tbe Heretic King and many other works on archaeology and Egyptology. Vissza