Biblical Archaeology Society
Regular Biblical Archaeology Review contributor Mary Joan Winn Leith provides a fresh perspective on the language and imagery of the Book oe Exodus by exploring ancient Egyptian iconography of power and authority. Through their acute awareness of Egyptian propaganda and art, the biblical writers and story tellers successfully inverted the very same imagery to illustrate Pharaoh's ineptitude when confronted by Moses and the Israelite God Yehweh.
Mary Joan Wind Leith is associate professor of religious studies at Stonehill college where she teaches courses on the Bible and the religion, history and culture of the Ancient Near East. Also trained as an archaeologist, she has published reviews, encyclopedia entries and articles on a range of subjects, most recently on the earliest public image of Jesus' crucifixion.
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