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Judeans in the Land of the Nile.

Papers on Achaemenid Egypt, Elephantine, and Hebrew Bible.

Texts presented in Copenhagen August 19–20, 2024

Edited by Kacper Ziemba and Frederik Poulsen

Ägypten und Altes Testament 136

in preparation, 2026

DIN A-4 / hardcover, thread stitching

ISBN 978-3-96327-350-6 (book)

ISBN 978-3-96327-351-3 (e-book, via ProQuest, Ebsco, ISD)

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Table of Contents	Ziemba / Poulsen: Introduction: Judeans in the Land of the Nile Part I: Egypt under Persian rule Colburn: What Have the Persians Ever Done for Us? The Study of Achaemenid Imperialism in Egypt Wasmuth: Persian Period Elephantine/Syene in Context: The Natural, Pharaonic Socio-Cultural, and Persian Period Urban Environment Part II: Elephantine and Papyrus Amherst Moore: A Supposed Diaspora Community at Elephantine or How the Persians Reinvented Judean-ness Ziemba: Elusive Soldiers: The Military Nature of the ‘Judean Troop’ at Persian-period Elephantine Holm: “I Come from Judah, My Brother Has Been Brought from Samaria” (Aramaic P. Amherst 63): The Judean and Samarian Arrival in Egypt Hjelm: What Can Elephantine Teach Us about Ancient Samari(t)ans Granerød: “What Indeed Has Papyrus Amherst 63 To Do with Elephantine?” The Amherst Papyrus’s Relevance to the Question of the Elephantine Judean Community’s Historical Background and Identity Part III: Representations of Egypt in the Hebrew Bible Poulsen: Defining Diaspora in the Joseph Story Youssef: Isaiah 19 and the Persian Period Liebermann: Jeremiah and YHWH in Egypt: Divine Presence, Prophetic Pain, and the Presentation of History Fry: A Quest for This Historical “Queen of Heaven”: Connecting the Biblical and Non-Biblical in and through Diaspora List of Contributors Index

Table of Contents

Ziemba / Poulsen: Introduction: Judeans in the Land of the Nile

Part I: Egypt under Persian rule

Colburn: What Have the Persians Ever Done for Us? The Study of Achaemenid Imperialism in Egypt

Wasmuth: Persian Period Elephantine/Syene in Context: The Natural, Pharaonic Socio-Cultural, and Persian Period Urban Environment

Part II: Elephantine and Papyrus Amherst

Moore: A Supposed Diaspora Community at Elephantine or How the Persians Reinvented Judean-ness

Ziemba: Elusive Soldiers: The Military Nature of the ‘Judean Troop’ at Persian-period Elephantine

Holm: “I Come from Judah, My Brother Has Been Brought from Samaria” (Aramaic P. Amherst 63): The Judean and Samarian Arrival in Egypt

Hjelm: What Can Elephantine Teach Us about Ancient Samari(t)ans

Granerød: “What Indeed Has Papyrus Amherst 63 To Do with Elephantine?” The Amherst Papyrus’s Relevance to the Question of the Elephantine Judean Community’s Historical Background and Identity

Part III: Representations of Egypt in the Hebrew Bible

Poulsen: Defining Diaspora in the Joseph Story

Youssef: Isaiah 19 and the Persian Period

Liebermann: Jeremiah and YHWH in Egypt: Divine Presence, Prophetic Pain, and the Presentation of History

Fry: A Quest for This Historical “Queen of Heaven”: Connecting the Biblical and Non-Biblical in and through Diaspora

List of Contributors

Index

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