Women in the Wilderness

The "Female Legislation" of the Book of Numbers (Num 5,11-31; 27,1-11; 30,2-17)
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-16-158856-3
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 138, 235 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

Reihe: Forschungen zum Alten Testament

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cocco, Francesco

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Cocco, Francesco
Born 1975; studied at the Theological Institute of Assisi (Italy) and at the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome); 2006 doctorate in Sacred Scriptures from the Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome); currently Professor of Old Testament Exegesis (Pentateuch) at the Pontifical Urbaniana University (Rome, Italy).