Institute of Oriental Studies, P.R.I.
Topic
Egypt in the Biblical tradition
PhD. program
World History
Year of admission
2025
Name of the supervisor
Mgr. Jozef Hudec, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
Annotation
Looking for biblical traces was strongly present already in the very beginnings of research of ancient Egypt. Just as Egypt was interesting for Western scholars and travellers as a civilization per se, so were they also interested in looking for biblical traces in Egypt itself. After more than 200 years of research, knowledge of the relationship between Egypt and the biblical tradition has expanded considerably. There is a certain consensus on some issues, such as the location of biblical places, while others, such as the degree of historicity of events described in the biblical texts, are still under discussion. This theme is to summarize and evaluate the current state of research in this field and to bring own research on this topic.