COCCO,F., Women in the Wilderness. Tübingen 2020.
Women in the Wilderness. The “Female Legislation” of the Book of Numbers (Num 5,11-31; 27,1-11; 30,2-17). 1. Aufl. Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2020.
VI, 235 S. Leinen. (Forschungen zum Alten Testament, 138). ISBN 9783161588563.
How were legal issues featuring women treated and resolved in the Book of Numbers? Francesco Cocco studies a trio of texts and finds the prominent place afforded to women quite peculiar and, it seems, at odds with the notions of autonomy, freedom, self-determination, or whatever other synonym can be married conceptually to the idea of women in leading roles. This in-depth investigation goes beyond appearances however to reveal a broader, perhaps even unexpected, understanding of these three literary traditions – traditions which are the product of the skillful amalgamation of narrative and legislative material so characteristic of the Torah in general and the Book of Numbers in particular.
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