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CPJ III, 520: the Egyptian Reaction To Onias' Temple

CPJ III, 520: the Egyptian Reaction To Onias' Temple CPJ III, 520: THE EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ONIAS' TEMPLE BY GIDEON BOHAK Dept. of Religion Princeton University, NJ, USA The papyrus fragment known as CPJ III, 520 has attracted some scholarly attention in the past, and yet its origin and meaning have remained quite obscure. The purpose of this paper is to offer a new interpretation of this fascinating text. The fragment in question was published in 1927 by Vitelli as PSI VIII, 982, and reprinted in 1964, with a short commentary by Stern, as CPJ III, 520.' The papyrus is of an unknown provenance, and the writing is of the third, or late second, century CE.2 The text itself could have been written at that time, or at any previous date - the exact dating depends, of course, on how we choose to inter- pret this text. Two interpretations of this anti-Jewish fragment have been sug- gested in the past. The first ties it to the events of 116-117 CE, when the Jews were inflicting mass destruction on the Egyptian countryside, and winning the animosity of Egyptians, Greeks and Romans alike. The second does not tie this text to any specific date or event, and instead reads http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of Judaism Brill

CPJ III, 520: the Egyptian Reaction To Onias' Temple

Bohak, Gideon
Journal for the Study of Judaism , Volume 26 (1): 32 – Jan 1, 1995
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© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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CPJ III, 520: THE EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ONIAS' TEMPLE BY GIDEON BOHAK Dept. of Religion Princeton University, NJ, USA The papyrus fragment known as CPJ III, 520 has attracted some scholarly attention in the past, and yet its origin and meaning have remained quite obscure. The purpose of this paper is to offer a new interpretation of this fascinating text. The fragment in question was published in 1927 by Vitelli as PSI VIII, 982, and reprinted in 1964, with a short commentary by Stern, as CPJ III, 520.' The papyrus is of an unknown provenance, and the writing is of the third, or late second, century CE.2 The text itself could have been written at that time, or at any previous date - the exact dating depends, of course, on how we choose to inter- pret this text. Two interpretations of this anti-Jewish fragment have been sug- gested in the past. The first ties it to the events of 116-117 CE, when the Jews were inflicting mass destruction on the Egyptian countryside, and winning the animosity of Egyptians, Greeks and Romans alike. The second does not tie this text to any specific date or event, and instead reads

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