Wigand, Achikar in Elephantine (Mohr Siebeck)

NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Ann-Kristin Wigand. Achikar in Elephantine. Die aramäische Achikarkomposition im Kontext des perserzeitlichen Elephantine. [Achikar in Elephantine. The Aramaic Achikar Composition in the Context of Persian Period Elephantine.] 2022. XII, 268 pages. Orientalische Religionen in der Antike 50. 119,00 € including VAT. cloth ISBN 978-3-16-161021-9.

Published in German.
Ann-Kristin Wigand interprets the Aramaic Achikar composition against the background of Persian Egypt. She combines historical-critical methods with an intertextual approach in order to work out under which conditions the text can be read and understood in its Egyptian setting and which function the text assumes in its multi-ethnic context.

The English spelling of Achikar is Ahiqar (Aḥiqar) or Ahikar. More on him here and links, plus here, here, and here.

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