THE STATUS OF THE JEWS IN EGYPT

Being the Fifth “Arthur Davis Memorial Lecture” delivered before the Jewish Historical Society at University College on Sunday,

April 30, 1922 Iyar 2, 5682

FRAGMENT OF AN ANCIENT HEBREW PAPYRUS—THE OLDEST IN THE WORLD—DISCOVERED BY PROFESSOR FLINDERS PETRIE.

For translation see Appendix.

THE STATUS OF THE JEWS IN EGYPT

BY W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.B.A. Edwards Professor of Egyptology, University College

WITH A FOREWORD BY Sir PHILIP SASSOON, Bart., M.P.

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD. RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C.1

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First published in 1922