Two Jews Praise God at a Temple of Pan

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Campo DC	Valore
dc.contributor.author	Struffolino Stefano
dc.title	Two Jews Praise God at a Temple of Pan
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://doi.org/10.14277/Axon/2532-6848/2020/02/010
dc.description.abstract	On the rock walls at the Pan temple in al-Kanāys (Egypt), stand out two blessings to God from men with Greek names who define themselves as Ἰουδαῖοι. Their presence in a pagan place of worship is likely to be interpreted in the sense of sharing a common epigraphic practice, inspired by the need to send an eternal thanks for the protection during a difficult journey. The nature of the divinity does not seem to have been a problematic element. These graffiti can be seen as an example of integration and hellenization while maintaining their own religious identity. The dating can probably be placed in the second part of the Ptolemaic period.
dc.relation.ispartof	Axon
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 4 \| Issue 2 \| December 2020
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.date.issued	2020-12-22
dc.dateAccepted	2020-07-31
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-09-22
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2532-6848
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Pan
dc.subject	Paneion
dc.subject	Egitto tolemaico
dc.subject	Ebrei nell’Egitto tolemaico
dc.subject	Graffiti
dc.subject	Proskynema
dc.subject	Mar Rosso
dc.subject	Deserto orientale egiziano
dc.subject	Economia dell’Egitto Ellenistico
dc.subject	Religione ebraica

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Two Jews Praise God at a Temple of Pan

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Stefano Struffolino Università degli Studi di Milano

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On the rock walls at the Pan temple in al-Kanāys (Egypt), stand out two blessings to God from men with Greek names who define themselves as Ἰουδαῖοι. Their presence in a pagan place of worship is likely to be interpreted in the sense of sharing a common epigraphic practice, inspired by the need to send an eternal thanks for the protection during a difficult journey. The nature of the divinity does not seem to have been a problematic element. These graffiti can be seen as an example of integration and hellenization while maintaining their own religious identity. The dating can probably be placed in the second part of the Ptolemaic period.

Keywords: Pan. Paneion. Egitto tolemaico. Ebrei nell’Egitto tolemaico. Graffiti. Proskynema. Mar Rosso. Deserto orientale egiziano. Economia dell’Egitto Ellenistico. Religione ebraica.

Language: it

Submitted: July 31, 2020
Accepted: Sept. 22, 2020
Published: Dec. 22, 2020

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2020/02/010

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