The Theory of Cosmic Grains

Wickramasinghe, N. C. & Hoyle, F.

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht 1991

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1st edition laminated boards As New large octavo ix + 307pp., b/w plates, text ills., references, index, 'Hellenistic Egypt was the setting for perhaps the first Jewish Golden Age, a time "golden" in Jewish memory as an era of vibrant cultural interaction between the Jews and their gentile hosts. This is the story of the adventures and misadventures of the people of Israel in the land of Egypt the years shrouded in the mists of biblical history under the Pharaohs; the strange intermezzo of the Jewish mercenary detachment on the island of Elephantine on the upper Nile; the apogee of Jewish culture under Ptolemies; and finally, their rapid decline & disappearance under Roman rule'. Crease ro rear wrapper o/w 'as new'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Theory of Cosmic Grains
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht 1991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition