Elephantine

Elephantine

Elephantine , island, SE Egypt, in the Nile below the First Cataract, near Aswan. In ancient times it was a military post guarding the southern frontier of Egypt. The Elephantine papyruses, which date from the 5th cent. BC and describe a colony of Jewish mercenaries, were found there. Surviving ruins are extensive. The ancient nilometer, built to gauge the water level of the Nile, was restored in 1870.

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Elephantine The site of a Jewish military establishment in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE on the southern border of Egypt, and subsequently of many civilian Jews who had their own temple in honour of Yahweh, though he was apparently worshipped along with a goddess (Anath-yahu). Aramaic papyri discovered early in the 20th cent. revealed interesting details about Jewish life in the age of Ezra and Nehemiah.

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W. R. F. BROWNING. "Elephantine." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Elephantiné. City situated on an island in the Nile river. Elephantiné was the site of the discovery of a collection of papyri written in Aramaic dating back to the 5th cent. BCE. They include legal documents, fragments of the Book of Ahikar and letters. Two goddesses seem to have been worshipped there as well as the Hebrew God.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Elephantiné." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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el·e·phan·tine / ˌeləˈfantēn; -ˌtīn; ˈeləfənˌtēn; -ˌtīn/ • adj. of, resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, esp. in being large, clumsy, or awkward: there was an elephantine thud from the bathroom.

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"elephantine." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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