Women in the wilderness: the "Female legislation" of the Book of Numbers (Num 5,11-31; 27,1-11; 30,2-17)
Cover -- Titel -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Chapter I : The bitter waters of jealousy: Num 5,11 -31 -- 1. The immediate context of the pericope and its boundaries -- 2. The internal unity of the pericope -- 2.1. "Diachronic " hypothesis: the pericope as the product of the conf...
| Résumé: | Cover -- Titel -- Table of Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Chapter I : The bitter waters of jealousy: Num 5,11 -31 -- 1. The immediate context of the pericope and its boundaries -- 2. The internal unity of the pericope -- 2.1. "Diachronic " hypothesis: the pericope as the product of the conflation of different traditions -- 2.2. "Holistic -synchronic hypothesis" : the pericope considered as substantially unitary -- 3. Exegetical analysis of Num 5,11 -31 -- 3.1. Introduction to the divine discourse (vv. 11 -12a) -- 3.2. Exposition of the case (vv. 12b -14) -- 3.2.1. Adultery in the Ancient Near East and in biblical Israel -- 3.2.2. The question of gender in the penal legislation of the Ancient Near East -- 3.2.3. The ordeal in the Ancient Near East -- 3.3. Preparation of the ritual of the ordeal (vv.15 -18) -- 3.4. Oath (vv. 19 -24) -- 3.5. Performance of the ritual of the ordeal (vv. 25 -28) -- 3.6. Summary recapitulation of the case (vv. 29 -30) -- 3.7. Addendum (v. 31) -- Chapter II : An inheritance for five daughters: Num 27,1 -11 -- 1. The contexts (remote and close) of the pericope and its delimitation -- 2. Exegetical analysis of Num 27,1 -11 -- 2.1. Exposition of the case in narrative form (vv. 1 -4) -- 2.1.1. Inheritance in the Ancient Near East -- 2.1.2. Inheritance in the biblical legislation -- 2.2. Transfer of the case from Moses to YHWH and solution of the problem (vv. 5 -7) -- 2.3. Transformation of the particular case into a general law (vv. 8 -11) -- 3. The relationship between Num 27,1 -11 and Num 36,1 -12 -- 3.1. Formal comparison between the two pericopes -- 3.2. Comparison of the content of the two pericopes and assessment of the relationships of dependence -- Chapter III : "But if a woman makes a vow . . . " : Num 30,2 -17 -- 1.1 1. The practice of the vow in the Ancient Near East. |
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| ISBN: | 3161588576 |